Weather Records on 17 December 1942

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1942. Highest significance: Cairns Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 December 1942

On 17 December 1942, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 499 daily.
Cairns Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 195.1 mm (7.7 in) on 17 December 1942.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 17 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perthville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Agricultural Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 17 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 17 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 185.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1942

Top 20 records on 17 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1942	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Pilibhit City, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Archer Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Pauta Amaria, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Birtle, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Nainital, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Port Washington, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	monthly snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1942	Ninette, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1942	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1942	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1942	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1942	Vredefort (Skl), ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1942	Bedford Hills, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1942	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	31 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 507 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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 25	360
25 to 50	29
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1