Weather Records on 22 December 1938

248 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1938. Highest significance: Clunes, AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1938

On 22 December 1938, 248 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 247 daily.
Clunes set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 22 December 1938.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

248 stations

248 station records on 22 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waukee	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht-1	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

248 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 22 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 22 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 247.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1938

Top 20 records on 22 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1938	Clunes, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1938	Kotli, PK	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Den Helder, NL	daily low max	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Den Helder-1, NL	daily low max	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Uccle, BE	daily low max	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Simcoe, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Chariton 1 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	De Bilt, NL	daily low max	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Den Helder-1, NL	daily low min	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	West Souburg, NL	daily low max	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Hedley, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Den Helder, NL	daily low min	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Waukee, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Muenster, DE	daily low max	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Arnsberg, DE	daily low max	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	West Souburg, NL	daily low min	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1938	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	15 years	24 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 248 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	165
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2