Weather Records on 22 December 1914

159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1914. Highest significance: Cobar Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1914

On 22 December 1914, 159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 151 daily.
Cobar Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 22 December 1914.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

159 stations

159 station records on 22 December 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nillera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Florida Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

159 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 22 December 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 December 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

151 broken records

Margins by which the 151 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1914

Top 20 records on 22 December 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1914	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Bedooba, AU	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Nillera, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Nyngan Airport, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Cobar (Meryula), AU	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Ellerslie 2, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Murchison, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Rutherglen Netherby Wine, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Eremeran, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Cobar (Lerida), AU	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Albury, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Ivanhoe (Bonuna), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1914	Wahgunyah, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	36 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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1914. 1914 had 159 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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 50	145
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1