Weather Records on 20 December 1942

817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 1942. Highest significance: Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 20 December 1942

On 20 December 1942, 817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 441 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 774 daily.
Bloomington Indiana UNIV set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 20 December 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

817 stations

817 station records on 20 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

817 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 219, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 222, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 20 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	219
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	222
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 20 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 36, daily 774.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 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

20 December 1942

Top 20 records on 20 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 1942	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Columbus, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Udipi, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Alangudi, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Thalipilly, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Ironton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Scottsburg, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Caninde de Sao Francisco, BR	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Setauket Strong, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Watrap, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Carlsbad, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Tirumayam, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Brockton, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	13.3 C (23.9 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Collingwood, CA	all-time low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Storrs, US	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1942	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 817 records.

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

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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	631
25 to 50	41
50 to 75	20
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	10
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2