Weather Records on 3 December 1922

68 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1922. Highest significance: Bombala (Therry Street), AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1922

On 3 December 1922, 68 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 63 daily.
Bombala (Therry Street) set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 3 December 1922.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

68 stations

68 station records on 3 December 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tharinga Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

68 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 3 December 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 December 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1922

Top 20 records on 3 December 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1922	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Laghouat, DZ	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Lila Lower, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Yardea, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Stuarts Creek, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Yantabulla (Brindingabba), AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Groongal (Gundaline), AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily rain	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	43 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Simferopol, UA	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Hungerford Police Station, AU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	41 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	11 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1922	Cobar (Tindarey), AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	26 years	15 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1922. 1922 had 68 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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 10	51
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2