Weather Records on 19 December 1986

609 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1986. Highest significance: Ogies (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 19 December 1986

On 19 December 1986, 609 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 573 daily.
Ogies (Pol) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 129.0 mm (5.1 in) on 19 December 1986.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

609 stations

609 station records on 19 December 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Heath	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Francisco Xavier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saugatuck Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	263.5 mm (10.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nienburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nietverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Knightville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.3 cm (13.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beechwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cubatao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itapetininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

609 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 345, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 19 December 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 19 December 1986 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 33, daily 573.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1986

Top 20 records on 19 December 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1986	Ogies (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1986	Heath, US	all-time snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1986	Keene, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1986	Haverhill, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Cavendish, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Storrs, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Woodstock, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Pembroke, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Fitzwilliam 2 W, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Kingston, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Shizuoka, JP	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Sanford 2 NNW, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Troy L&D, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Readsboro 1 SE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Sao Francisco Xavier, BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Holyoke, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Woodstock, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Franklin, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1986	Gloversville, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	49 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1986. 1986 had 609 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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Data for records on 1986-12-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	485
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2