Weather Records on 22 December 1969

917 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1969. Highest significance: Brockton, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1969

On 22 December 1969, 917 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 898 daily.
Brockton set a daily record precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 22 December 1969.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

917 stations

917 station records on 22 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbervie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 7 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.8 cm (19.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 61 Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Andover	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

917 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 349, Heaviest daily snowfall 193, Deepest snow cover 67.

Records on 22 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	349
Heaviest daily snowfall	193
Deepest snow cover	67

Records on 22 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 898.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

777 broken records

Margins by which the 777 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1969

Top 20 records on 22 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1969	Brockton, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Baratria, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Ft Yates 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Crosby, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Sackville, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Glenbervie Station, AU	monthly rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Roxbury, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Listowel Downs, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Cumberland, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1969	Milan 7 NNW, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	43 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 917 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 50	681
50 to 100	68
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	2