Weather Records on 22 December 1934

119 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1934. Highest significance: Araria, IN.

Key Facts for 22 December 1934

On 22 December 1934, 119 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 117 daily.
Araria set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 22 December 1934.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

119 stations

119 station records on 22 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Datia	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saltair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mercadool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

119 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 22 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 22 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 117.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

98 broken records

Margins by which the 98 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1934

Top 20 records on 22 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1934	Araria, IN	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1934	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1934	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	0.7 cm (0.3 in)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Boggabilla (Boonal), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Kilba, IN	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Graz, AT	daily high min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Bamberg, DE	daily high min	3.5 C (38.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1934	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	42 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 119 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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	86
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1