Weather Records on 19 December 1982

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1982. Highest significance: Sola, NO.

Key Facts for 19 December 1982

On 19 December 1982, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 753 daily.
Sola set a daily record precipitation of 40.2 mm (1.6 in) on 19 December 1982.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 19 December 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sola	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Exp Farm 434	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molndal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangra (Wallangra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro Azul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara Do Ingai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bakerstown 3 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aragac Visokogornaya	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 327, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 19 December 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 19 December 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

681 broken records

Margins by which the 681 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1982

Top 20 records on 19 December 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1982	Sola, NO	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Lezay, FR	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Akron Canton AP, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Haleakala Exp Farm 434, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	0.7 cm (0.3 in)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Canfield 1 S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Molndal, SE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Grand Lac Victoria, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Uman, UA	daily high min	6.2 C (43.2 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Sviland, NO	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Kursk, RU	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Astrakan, RU	daily high min	2.7 C (36.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Barraba (Neranghi), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Valparaiso, BR	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1982	Bakke, NO	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	35 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 768 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 20	634
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2