Weather Records on 15 December 1914

239 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1914. Highest significance: Ararat Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 15 December 1914

On 15 December 1914, 239 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 237 daily.
Ararat Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 15 December 1914.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

239 stations

239 station records on 15 December 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kyamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Wondo Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

239 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 196.

Records on 15 December 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 December 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 237.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1914

Top 20 records on 15 December 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1914	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Tumbarumba 1, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1914	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Ballan, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Mornington, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1914	Mittagong Head Station, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1914. 1914 had 239 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	162
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1