Weather Records on 22 December 1943

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1943. Highest significance: Cicero Dantas, BR.

Key Facts for 22 December 1943

On 22 December 1943, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 234 daily.
Cicero Dantas set a daily record precipitation of 70.5 mm (2.8 in) on 22 December 1943.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 22 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ubajara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granja	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 22 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 22 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1943

Top 20 records on 22 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1943	Cicero Dantas, BR	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1943	Acude Santo Antonio de Russas, BR	monthly rain	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1943	Acude Tucunduba, BR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1943	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1943	Natham, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1943	Caucaia, BR	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1943	Acude Ipaguassu, BR	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Antenor Navarro, BR	monthly rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Jemez Springs, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Springer, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Kindersley, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17.2 C (31.0 F)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Ubajara, BR	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Nellore, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1943	Fortaleza (Escola Regional), BR	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	25 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 237 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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	165
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2