Weather Records on 22 December 1953

350 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1953. Highest significance: Port Dover, CA.

Key Facts for 22 December 1953

On 22 December 1953, 350 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 344 daily.
Port Dover set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 22 December 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

350 stations

350 station records on 22 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

350 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 22 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 22 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1953

Top 20 records on 22 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1953	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1953	Lake Avalon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1953	La Salle Peru, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1953	Hastings, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1953	Columbus, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1953	Galva, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1953	Steffenville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1953	Carlsbad, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1953	Garnett 1 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Elgin Water, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Havana, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Lebo, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Fayette, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Harrisonville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Red Lodge, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Bathurst Gaol, AU	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Delphi 2 N, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1953	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	29 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 350 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	209
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	18
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1