Weather Records on 19 December 1984

1,066 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1984. Highest significance: Jundah Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 19 December 1984

On 19 December 1984, 1,066 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,041 daily.
Jundah Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 19 December 1984.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,066 stations

1,066 station records on 19 December 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lochiel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Modena	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Retreat (Barcoo River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgeboom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	165.8 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deep Springs College	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wapato	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.6 C (-28.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Modena	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,066 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 259, Lowest daily maximum 191, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 161, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 19 December 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	259
Lowest daily maximum	191
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	161
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 19 December 1984 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,041.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

879 broken records

Margins by which the 879 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

19 December 1984

Top 20 records on 19 December 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1984	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1984	Stonehenge, AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Augathella Post Office, AU	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Taroom Post Office, AU	all-time rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Minersville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Kinnoul, AU	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Okay, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Lochiel, AU	all-time rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Waldems-Reinborn, DE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Modena, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Avington, AU	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	La Tuna 1 S, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Black Rock, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Independence, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Socorro, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1984	Fairmont, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1984. 1984 had 1,066 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 50	844
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1