Weather Records on 22 December 1993

1,087 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1993. Highest significance: Quorn (Depot Flat), AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 1993

On 22 December 1993, 1,087 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,045 daily.
Quorn (Depot Flat) set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 22 December 1993.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

1,087 stations

1,087 station records on 22 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Larrimah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bedourie Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blaauwkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.3 cm (26.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Firme	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	155.1 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Medeiros Neto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnatus	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Robinvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtleford (Ovens Research Sta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robinvale (Kyndalyn Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cluny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hertzogville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,087 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 630, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 73.

Records on 22 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	630
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	73

Records on 22 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 1,045.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

954 broken records

Margins by which the 954 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1993

Top 20 records on 22 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1993	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	105 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	107 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	133 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Gwalior, IN	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Tocumwal Airport, AU	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Larrimah, AU	monthly rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	107 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Wakool (Calimo), AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1993	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Berrigan Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Bedourie Police Station, AU	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Blaauwkop, ZA	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Arka, RU	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Broadlands, ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1993	Finley Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	79 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 1,087 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 December 1993
Margin	Records
0 to 100	926
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1