Weather Records on 22 December 1952

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1952. Highest significance: Albion, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1952

On 22 December 1952, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 436 daily.
Albion set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 22 December 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 22 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bruning	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Basaunti	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vivian	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Agronomy Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 131, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 22 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	131
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 22 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1952

Top 20 records on 22 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1952	Albion, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1952	Bruning, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1952	Beaver City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Wood, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Lynch, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Table Rock 4N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Caetite, BR	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Basaunti, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Bradshaw, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Ravenna, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Vivian, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Triunfo, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Brewster, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Elgin, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Atchison, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Horton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Clay Ctr, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1952	Elwood 8 S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	39 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 447 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 50	333
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	20
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1