Weather Records on 19 December 1981

1,515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1981. Highest significance: Lakeview 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1981

On 19 December 1981, 1,515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 699 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 1,424 daily.
Lakeview 2 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 19 December 1981.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,515 stations

1,515 station records on 19 December 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario Ksrv	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hilts Slash Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Neustadt/Weinstrasse	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonneberg-Neufang	Germany	Record snow depth	116.0 cm (45.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Knittlingen	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.8 cm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waldeck	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
O O Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbronn	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,515 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 289, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 410, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 235.

Records on 19 December 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	289
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	410
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	235

Records on 19 December 1981 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 86, daily 1,424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,241 broken records

Margins by which the 1,241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1981

Top 20 records on 19 December 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1981	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1981	Ashland, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1981	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	P-Ranch South Place, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Medford Intl AP, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Alzey, DE	monthly snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Yreka, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Paisley, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Ontario Ksrv, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Hilts Slash Disposal, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Neustadt/Weinstrasse, DE	monthly snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Medford Exp STN, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Sonneberg-Neufang, DE	daily snow depth	116.0 cm (45.7 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Knittlingen, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1981	Araruna, BR	monthly rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	66 years	44 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 1,515 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,204
100 to 200	30
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1