Weather Records on 19 December 1936

689 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1936. Highest significance: Galaquil East, AU.

Key Facts for 19 December 1936

On 19 December 1936, 689 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 682 daily.
Galaquil East set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 19 December 1936.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

689 stations

689 station records on 19 December 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Galaquil East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Hindmarsh South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Slaty Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dharapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgunnia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandoo Wandong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bael Bael	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

689 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 499, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 19 December 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	499
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 19 December 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

626 broken records

Margins by which the 626 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1936

Top 20 records on 19 December 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1936	Galaquil East, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Nymagee (Kenmure Station), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Mathoura (Mathoura Station), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Pudukkottai, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Warroo (Geeron), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Asheville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Sivagiri, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Beenak, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Biswan, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Briksdal, NO	all-time rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Lake Hindmarsh South, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Slaty Creek, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Dharapuram, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1936	Champawat, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 689 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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Data for records on 1936-12-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	552
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1