Weather Records on 22 December 1947

445 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1947. Highest significance: Irishtown, AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1947

On 22 December 1947, 445 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 420 daily.
Irishtown set an all-time record daily precipitation of 139.4 mm (5.5 in) on 22 December 1947.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

445 stations

445 station records on 22 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pattamundai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkanika	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kakatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toorak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Surada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

445 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 22 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 22 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 420.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1947

Top 20 records on 22 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1947	Irishtown, AU	all-time rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1947	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1947	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	all-time rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	63 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1947	Samrala, IN	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1947	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1947	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Metten, DE	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Traralgon, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Triprayar, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Port Alberni, CA	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Chipurupally, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Melton, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1947	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	4 years	45 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 445 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 25	361
25 to 50	48
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1