Weather Records on 14 December 1981

1,031 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1981. Highest significance: Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 1981

On 14 December 1981, 1,031 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,005 daily.
Merriwa (Gummun Place) set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 14 December 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,031 stations

1,031 station records on 14 December 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Canton	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sonneberg-Neufang	Germany	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaltennordheim	Germany	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neuwied	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lautertal-Oberlauter	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bastanka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grebenhain-Herchenhain	Germany	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Ojitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha (Emu Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen (Lahntal)	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf-Sudfriedhof	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westmead Austral Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plaatjies Kraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schotten	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boremba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,031 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 91, Deepest snow cover 197.

Records on 14 December 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	91
Deepest snow cover	197

Records on 14 December 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 1,005.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

913 broken records

Margins by which the 913 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 750.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1981

Top 20 records on 14 December 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1981	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1981	Canton, MX	monthly rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Uralla (Mihi), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Sedgefield (Bundajon), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Sonneberg-Neufang, DE	daily snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Hikone, JP	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Dos Bocas, PR	daily rain	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	148.4 mm (5.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Hof (Stadt), DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Weribone, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Glenfield (Macquarie), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Kaltennordheim, DE	daily snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Kleve, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Neuwied, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Lautertal-Oberlauter, DE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1981	Centennial Park, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	64 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

1796 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1981. 1981 had 1,031 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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 100	877
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1