Weather Records on 4 December 1922

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1922. Highest significance: Groongal (Gundaline), AU.

Key Facts for 4 December 1922

On 4 December 1922, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 66 daily.
Groongal (Gundaline) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 4 December 1922.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 4 December 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parragundy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Neba Coonamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 4 December 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 December 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 66.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1922

Top 20 records on 4 December 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1922	Groongal (Gundaline), AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1922	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1922	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Athens, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Milparinka (Yandama Downs), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Laghouat, DZ	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Clover Creek, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Conway, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Toulby, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1922	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	35 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

1796 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1922. 1922 had 72 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	44
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1