Weather Records on 31 December 1922

83 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1922. Highest significance: Bathurst Gaol, AU.

Key Facts for 31 December 1922

On 31 December 1922, 83 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 83 daily.
Bathurst Gaol set a daily record low minimum temperature of 5.6 C (42.1 F) on 31 December 1922.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

83 stations

83 station records on 31 December 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.4 C (-42.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Fernhill 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

83 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 62.

Records on 31 December 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 December 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 83.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

76 broken records

Margins by which the 76 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 28.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1922

Top 20 records on 31 December 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1922	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Sarna, SE	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Umea, SE	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Hermann, US	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Nuriootpa, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Euston Post Office, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Tolmie (Langley), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Talladega, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Wahgunyah, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1922	Jonkoping, SE	daily high min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	16 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

1797 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1922. 1922 had 83 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	55
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2