Weather Records on 13 December 1919

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1919. Highest significance: Morgantown 1, US.

Key Facts for 13 December 1919

On 13 December 1919, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 49 daily.
Morgantown 1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 13 December 1919.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 13 December 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 8, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 December 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	8
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 December 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 49.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

41 broken records

Margins by which the 41 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1919

Top 20 records on 13 December 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1919	Morgantown 1, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1919	Astoria, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1919	Astoria, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Falmouth, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Washington, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Malvern, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Philadelphia City, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Northfield, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1919	New Westminster, CA	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	13 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1919. 1919 had 52 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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 20	37
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1