Weather Records on 14 December 1993

954 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1993. Highest significance: Yunta (Panaramitee), AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 1993

On 14 December 1993, 954 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 924 daily.
Yunta (Panaramitee) set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 14 December 1993.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

954 stations

954 station records on 14 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yunta (Panaramitee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Parafield Plant Intr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cradock (Yednalue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Waite Institute)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Townsend House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guayabal	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn (Tepco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hindmarsh Valley (Springmount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Clapham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn (Alpyn Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

954 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 474, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 14 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	474
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 14 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1993

Top 20 records on 14 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1993	Yunta (Panaramitee), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Belair (Kalyra), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Meadows, AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Cherry Gardens, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Adelaide (Seaton), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Adelaide (Parafield Plant Intr, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Cockburn (Burta), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	98 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Cradock (Yednalue), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Adelaide (Waite Institute), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1993	Uraidla, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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

1796 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 954 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	762
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1