Weather Records on 22 December 1965

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1965. Highest significance: Sells, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1965

On 22 December 1965, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 333 daily.
Sells set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 22 December 1965.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

343 stations

343 station records on 22 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sells	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woocalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yeltacowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Patagonia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warm Springs Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzigoot Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vernonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenix Indian School	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-56.7 C (-70.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.5 C (-55.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoille Ph	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 22 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 22 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 333.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1965

Top 20 records on 22 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1965	Sells, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Granite Reef Dam, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Clifton, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Payson Rs, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Buxton, GB	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Ft Grant, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Yerington, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Woocalla, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	La Junta, MX	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Pagosa Springs 1SE, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Silverton, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Yeltacowie, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Mokpo, KR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Quiriego (Smn), MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Alpine, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Canelo 1 NW, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Patagonia #2, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1965	Eagle Creek, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 343 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	268
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1