Weather Records on 12 December 1922

61 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1922. Highest significance: Charlotte Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 12 December 1922

On 12 December 1922, 61 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 59 daily.
Charlotte Waters set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 12 December 1922.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

61 stations

61 station records on 12 December 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

61 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 17, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 December 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 December 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 59.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1922

Top 20 records on 12 December 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1922	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1922	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Tarnaby, SE	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Cavan, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Tunis, TN	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Simferopol, UA	daily low min	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Athens, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Madison Wb City, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Currandooley, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Urandangi, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1922	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 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

1796 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1922. 1922 had 61 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 5	33
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1