Weather Records on 31 December 1965

1,371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1965. Highest significance: Vernonia, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 1965

On 31 December 1965, 1,371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,141 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,331 daily.
Vernonia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 31 December 1965.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,371 stations

1,371 station records on 31 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vernonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spruce	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.2 cm (18.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,371 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 613, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 528, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 31 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	613
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	528
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 31 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 38, daily 1,331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,168 broken records

Margins by which the 1,168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 750.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1965

Top 20 records on 31 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1965	Vernonia, US	all-time rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 December 1965	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Walgett Council Depot, AU	all-time high min	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Mattoon, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Windsor, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Spruce, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Toronto, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	117 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Welland, CA	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Powers Lake 1N, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Ridgetown, CA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Saint Johns, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Bottineau, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Albion, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Carlton Hill, AU	monthly rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Peterborough, CA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Hollister, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Yakutat AP, US	daily snowfall	46.2 cm (18.2 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1965	Gunnedah Pool, AU	monthly high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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

1797 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1965. 1965 had 1,371 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,157
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1