Weather Records on 22 December 1971

621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1971. Highest significance: Mornington, AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1971

On 22 December 1971, 621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 612 daily.
Mornington set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 22 December 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

621 stations

621 station records on 22 December 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Eliza	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sequim	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Patamute	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waaia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea da Ema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

621 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 22 December 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 22 December 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 612.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 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

22 December 1971

Top 20 records on 22 December 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1971	Mornington, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	101 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1971	St Walburg, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1971	Knowsley Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Broadford Golf Course, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Cameron Lake, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Tandarra, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Heathcote, AU	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Puckapunyal, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Ranfurly, CA	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Calivil, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	14.1 C (57.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Huauchinango, MX	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Yantabulla (Brindingabba), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Wien, AT	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1971	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	41 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 621 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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Data for records on 1971-12-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	518
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1