Weather Records on 17 December 1932

684 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1932. Highest significance: Trenton 2, US.

Key Facts for 17 December 1932

On 17 December 1932, 684 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 462 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 645 daily.
Trenton 2 set a daily record snowfall of 23.9 cm (9.4 in) on 17 December 1932.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

684 stations

684 station records on 17 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

684 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 238, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 224, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 17 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	238
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	224
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 17 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 645.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1905.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1932

Top 20 records on 17 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1932	Trenton 2, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Roldal, NO	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Maroonah, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Suldalsvatn, NO	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Armagh, GB	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Washington, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Philadelphia City, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	12.1 cm (4.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1932	Lynchburg - Coop, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1932	Lynchburg - Coop, US	monthly snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1932	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1932	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1932	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	all-time low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	4 years	28 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 684 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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 250	568
250 to 500	1
500 to 750	1
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	1
1750 to 2000	1