Weather Records on 19 December 1932

239 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1932. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 19 December 1932

On 19 December 1932, 239 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 225 daily.
Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 19 December 1932.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

239 stations

239 station records on 19 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

239 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 19 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 19 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 225.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

198 broken records

Margins by which the 198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1778.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1932

Top 20 records on 19 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1932	Armagh, GB	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1932	Boolardy, AU	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1932	Beringarra, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1932	Soldier Creek Adm Site, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1932	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1932	Uccle, BE	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1932	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1932	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1932	Moscow U of I, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Ashland, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Altastenberg, DE	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1932	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	27 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 239 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	196
250 to 500	0
500 to 750	1
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1