Weather Records on 21 December 1992

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1992. Highest significance: Inglewood (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 21 December 1992

On 21 December 1992, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
137 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 730 daily.
Inglewood (Post Office) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 104.8 mm (4.1 in) on 21 December 1992.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

751 stations

751 station records on 21 December 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Berriwillock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Annuello	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nulkwyne Kiamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Bundyulumblah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lauriston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lascelles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (the Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Engeland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Granville Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Pevensey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 447, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 21 December 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	447
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 21 December 1992 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1992

Top 20 records on 21 December 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1992	Inglewood (Post Office), AU	all-time rain	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 December 1992	Wentworth (Burtundy), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	111 years	78 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1992	Renmark, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1992	Gum Lake (Albemarle), AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1992	Broken Hill (Topar), AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1992	Avenel (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1992	Redesdale, AU	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1992	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1992	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1992	Berriwillock, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Wakool (Barratta), AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Annuello, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Nulkwyne Kiamal, AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Maude Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Wanganella (Bundyulumblah), AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Lauriston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Sutherland, ZA	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1992	Moulamein Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	55 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1992. 1992 had 751 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	534
25 to 50	62
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2