Weather Records on 22 December 1950

428 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1950. Highest significance: Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1950

On 22 December 1950, 428 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 422 daily.
Darlington Point (Tubbo) set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 22 December 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

428 stations

428 station records on 22 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Uroly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leeton Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Griffith Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nappa Merrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klein Australie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbervie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

428 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 22 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 22 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

347 broken records

Margins by which the 347 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1950

Top 20 records on 22 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1950	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1950	Uroly, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Gogeldrie, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Benerembah, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Whitton (Conapaira St), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Leeton Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Griffith Csiro, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Holbrook (Annandayle), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Hillston Airport, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Nappa Merrie, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Beerlaagte, ZA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Mareeba Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Milparinka Hotel, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Merrowie North, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1950	Boulia Airport, AU	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1950	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1950	Carrathool Motors, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	33 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 428 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	296
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2