Weather Records on 19 December 1971

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1971. Highest significance: Inukjuak Ua, CA.

Key Facts for 19 December 1971

On 19 December 1971, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 284 daily.
Inukjuak Ua set a daily record snowfall of 18.3 cm (7.2 in) on 19 December 1971.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 19 December 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Viljoenskroon (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahi Lower 1054	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meanook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McGrath AP	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana (Cima)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ksara	Lebanon	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kolo 1033	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kareepan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ksara	Lebanon	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria da Conquista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Verblyding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Puehu Ridge 1040	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namangan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 19 December 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 19 December 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1971

Top 20 records on 19 December 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1971	Inukjuak Ua, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Viljoenskroon (Mun), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Waiawa 943, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Waiahi Lower 1054, US	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Kekaha 944, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Gvarv, NO	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Memooloo, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1971	Bairro Do Pinheiro, BR	all-time rain	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Mtn View 91, US	daily rain	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Ashland, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Meanook, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1971	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 288 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	220
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1