Weather Records on 22 December 1918

64 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1918. Highest significance: Tuttlingen, DE.

Key Facts for 22 December 1918

On 22 December 1918, 64 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 64 daily.
Tuttlingen set a daily record precipitation of 28.9 mm (1.1 in) on 22 December 1918.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

64 stations

64 station records on 22 December 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

64 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 20, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 December 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 December 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 64.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

55 broken records

Margins by which the 55 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1918

Top 20 records on 22 December 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1918	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1918	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1918	State College, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Brantford, CA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Welland, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Toronto, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Stratford, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	London South, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	White River, CA	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	9 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Guelph Oac, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Welland, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Hamilton, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Ottawa, CA	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1918	Stratford, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	17 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1918. 1918 had 64 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 5	39
5 to 10	10
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1