Weather Records on 22 December 1985

867 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1985. Highest significance: Dupree, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1985

On 22 December 1985, 867 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 177 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 839 daily.
Dupree set a daily record snow depth of 63.5 cm (25.0 in) on 22 December 1985.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

867 stations

867 station records on 22 December 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dupree	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	62.2 cm (24.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Necedah	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Castra Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conde	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodrich 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rice Reservoir-Tomahawk	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Archer	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

867 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 204.

Records on 22 December 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	204

Records on 22 December 1985 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 839.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

650 broken records

Margins by which the 650 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1985

Top 20 records on 22 December 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1985	Dupree, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Columbia 8 N, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Camp Crook, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Selby, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Glad Valley 2 W, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Sibley, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Green Bay, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Agate 3 E, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Britton, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Bennetts Brg, US	daily snowfall	62.2 cm (24.5 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Redig 11 NE, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Sterling, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Necedah, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Fazenda Paraiso, BR	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Gettysburg, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	New London, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1985	Vale, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	50 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 867 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 100	596
100 to 200	32
200 to 300	14
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	1