Weather Records on 22 December 1966

279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1966. Highest significance: Newell, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1966

On 22 December 1966, 279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 275 daily.
Newell set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 22 December 1966.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

279 stations

279 station records on 22 December 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Breona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Paulista (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Apuka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bocaina (Fazenda Santa Clara)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pindamonhangaba (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coomrith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuljab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barretos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Price	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalay-Khumb	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Martin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cruzeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zomerkomst (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pirassununga (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edenville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colony	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sary-Tas	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shaartuz	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nukus	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ujuk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

279 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 22 December 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 22 December 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 275.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1966

Top 20 records on 22 December 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1966	Newell, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Breona, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Cachoeira Paulista (Pcd), BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Kitchener, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Sheridan Fld STN, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Apuka, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Odesa, UA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Bocaina (Fazenda Santa Clara), BR	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Pindamonhangaba (Pcd), BR	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Coomrith, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1966	Kuljab, TJ	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1966	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1966	Grayling, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1966	Warroo (Geeron), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1966	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1966	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1966	Westfalia, ZA	daily rain	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1966	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1966	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	53 years	30 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1966. 1966 had 279 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 20	182
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1