Weather Records on 14 December 1943

331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1943. Highest significance: Grafton City Council, AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 1943

On 14 December 1943, 331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 323 daily.
Grafton City Council set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 14 December 1943.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

331 stations

331 station records on 14 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

331 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 14 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 14 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

270 broken records

Margins by which the 270 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1943

Top 20 records on 14 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1943	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1943	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1943	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	monthly rain	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Myrup, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Girona (Antic Institut), ES	daily rain	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Poortjie, ZA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Pearlington, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Biloxi, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	New Market, ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Deer Park Sf, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1943	Raleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1943	Schriever, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1943	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1943	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 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

1796 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1943. 1943 had 331 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	228
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1