Weather Records on 18 December 1922

108 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 1922. Highest significance: Metten, DE.

Key Facts for 18 December 1922

On 18 December 1922, 108 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 105 daily.
Metten set an all-time record daily precipitation of 69.0 mm (2.7 in) on 18 December 1922.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

108 stations

108 station records on 18 December 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

108 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 December 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 December 1922 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 105.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

99 broken records

Margins by which the 99 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 1922

Top 20 records on 18 December 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 1922	Metten, DE	all-time rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1922	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	all-time rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Surat, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Plauen, DE	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1922	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	12 years	20 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 108 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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 20	88
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1