Weather Records on 7 December 1920

81 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1920. Highest significance: Ravenswood Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 7 December 1920

On 7 December 1920, 81 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 79 daily.
Ravenswood Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 7 December 1920.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

81 stations

81 station records on 7 December 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.7 C (-41.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fernleigh (St.Helena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

81 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 60.

Records on 7 December 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 December 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 79.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

74 broken records

Margins by which the 74 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1920

Top 20 records on 7 December 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1920	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1920	Coonamble (Pier Pier), AU	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Tbilisi, GE	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Augathella Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Tashkent, UZ	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Malvern, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Sturt, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Denman (Palace Street), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Tambo Post Office, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	3 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Tobolsk, RU	daily low min	-40.7 C (-41.3 F)	9.8 C (17.6 F)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1920	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	19 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

1801 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1920. 1920 had 81 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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 7 December 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	57
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1