Weather Records on 22 December 1921

196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1921. Highest significance: Mandamar, AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1921

On 22 December 1921, 196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 193 daily.
Mandamar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 22 December 1921.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

196 stations

196 station records on 22 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalong Upper 3 Run	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kokkedahl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cowal 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cowabie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moobong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Springfield 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Pamatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Olives	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mundallio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

196 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 22 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 193.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

179 broken records

Margins by which the 179 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 167.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1921

Top 20 records on 22 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1921	Mandamar, AU	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Wyalong Upper 3 Run, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Charlton, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Kokkedahl, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Berthong, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Lake Cowal 2, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	M.R.A., AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Carabost, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Cowabie, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Hammond, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Yathong, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1921	Wombat (Tumbleton), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1921	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1921	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1921	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1921	Johnburgh Post Office, AU	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1921	Carrieton (Yackara), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1921	Gilgoin, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	28 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 196 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 25	162
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1