Weather Records on 19 December 1942

654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1942. Highest significance: Warrnambool Shire Office, AU.

Key Facts for 19 December 1942

On 19 December 1942, 654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 632 daily.
Warrnambool Shire Office set a daily record precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 19 December 1942.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

654 stations

654 station records on 19 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mooralla (Woodleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

654 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 19 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 19 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

585 broken records

Margins by which the 585 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1942

Top 20 records on 19 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1942	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1942	Allansford, AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1942	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1942	Elkins, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1942	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Johanna Glen, AU	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Berrybank, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Heywood Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Karur, IN	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Leslie Manor (Boolarra), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Naracoorte Cave Range, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Warrion, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1942	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	44 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 654 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 1942-12-19: 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 25	529
25 to 50	39
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1