Weather Records on 14 December 1918

97 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1918. Highest significance: Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE.

Key Facts for 14 December 1918

On 14 December 1918, 97 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 96 daily.
Munchen-Nymphenburg set a daily record precipitation of 39.7 mm (1.6 in) on 14 December 1918.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

97 stations

97 station records on 14 December 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Pamatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moobong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

97 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 14 December 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 December 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 96.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

82 broken records

Margins by which the 82 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1918

Top 20 records on 14 December 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1918	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1918	Athens, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1918	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1918	Uccle, BE	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	65 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Arnsberg, DE	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Hamilton, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Berthong, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	10.7 C (51.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Grenfell (Quondong Rd), AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Mornington, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Bamberg, DE	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Astoria, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Barrie, CA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1918	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	19 years	16 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

1796 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1918. 1918 had 97 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 14 December 1918
Margin	Records
0 to 10	77
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1