Weather Records on 22 December 1984

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1984. Highest significance: Rantoul, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1984

On 22 December 1984, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 778 daily.
Rantoul set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 22 December 1984.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 22 December 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maranboy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dodson 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deep Springs College	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aparri	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suhana	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watauga S Dak 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honesdale 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buckatabon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiksi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 22 December 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 22 December 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

632 broken records

Margins by which the 632 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1984

Top 20 records on 22 December 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1984	Rantoul, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1984	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	95 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1984	Kokpekty, KZ	all-time low max	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Salina, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Western 2W, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Cape Leveque, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Surat Thani, TH	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Broadus, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Maranboy, AU	daily rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Songkhla, TH	daily rain	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Dodson 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Summit Lake, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Timber Creek Police, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Seeley Lake Rs, US	monthly snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Iliamna AP, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Deep Springs College, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Driggs, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1984	Prentice #2, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	64 years	39 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 794 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	591
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1