Weather Records on 18 December 1995

1,065 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 1995. Highest significance: St Francisville, US.

Key Facts for 18 December 1995

On 18 December 1995, 1,065 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,024 daily.
St Francisville set a daily record precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 18 December 1995.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,065 stations

1,065 station records on 18 December 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kirbyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boontjieskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coden	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lsu Ben-Hur Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coldspring 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Evadale	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,065 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 555, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 80.

Records on 18 December 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	555
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	80

Records on 18 December 1995 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 1,024.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

909 broken records

Margins by which the 909 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 1995

Top 20 records on 18 December 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 1995	St Francisville, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Conway, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Jennings, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Kirbyville, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1995	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Atmore, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Forsyth 6 NNW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Biloxi, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Beaumont Rsch Ctr, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Houston Hts, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Boontjieskraal, ZA	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1995	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	56 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

1793 to 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1995. 1995 had 1,065 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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 50	797
50 to 100	82
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	3