Weather Records on 22 December 1979

731 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1979. Highest significance: Shoshoni, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1979

On 22 December 1979, 731 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
411 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 723 daily.
Shoshoni set a daily record snowfall of 10.7 cm (4.2 in) on 22 December 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

731 stations

731 station records on 22 December 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Urupes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.3 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Molepolole	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Boa Vista de Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Verde Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itaiquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denver-Stapleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maksimovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-47.0 C (-52.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frost	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

731 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 22 December 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 22 December 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 723.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 298.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1979

Top 20 records on 22 December 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1979	Shoshoni, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Urupes, BR	daily rain	121.3 mm (4.8 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Paulista, BR	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Rock Springs AP, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Castle Rock, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Milan, IT	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Springs-Olympia Park, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Lander AP, US	daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	29.8 cm (11.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Molepolole, BW	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Floraville Downs Station, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Subiaco, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Muscatine, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Moline Quad City Intl AP, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Paris, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Lebanon 2W, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Rosser, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Thompson Welcome Ctr, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1979	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	38 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 731 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	606
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1