Weather Records on 31 December 1942

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1942. Highest significance: Deepwater Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 31 December 1942

On 31 December 1942, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 342 daily.
Deepwater Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 31 December 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 31 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbertree 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omanama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 31 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 31 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1942

Top 20 records on 31 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1942	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Gabriels, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Juandah, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Sherburne, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Cortland, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Boggabri (Kanownda), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Westwood Store, AU	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Boylston, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Jefferson, US	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Princeton, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Boggabri (Milchengowrie), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1942	Gloversville, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	38 years	37 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

1797 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1942. 1942 had 352 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	239
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1