Weather Records on 20 December 1932

170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 1932. Highest significance: Webster City, US.

Key Facts for 20 December 1932

On 20 December 1932, 170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 163 daily.
Webster City set a daily record snow depth of 165.1 cm (65.0 in) on 20 December 1932.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

170 stations

170 station records on 20 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

170 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 20 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 20 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 163.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

146 broken records

Margins by which the 146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1651.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 1932

Top 20 records on 20 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1932	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1932	Uccle, BE	daily high max	14.6 C (58.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1932	Yandilla, AU	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1932	Swift Current, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Lynchburg - Coop, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Collbran, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Brocken, DE	daily high max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	State UNIV, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Brocken, DE	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Bjuraker, SE	monthly high min	4.6 C (40.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Rio Vista, US	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Fowlers Bay, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1932	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	29 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 170 records.

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

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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	144
250 to 500	1
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	1