Weather Records on 21 December 1994

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1994. Highest significance: Beachport, AU.

Key Facts for 21 December 1994

On 21 December 1994, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 764 daily.
Beachport set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 21 December 1994.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

793 stations

793 station records on 21 December 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Richmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Sa (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wogarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Drum	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hordern Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rennick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky River (Brookland Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tantanoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Qaqortoq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Prieta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Research Centre	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 281, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 21 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	281
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 21 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1994

Top 20 records on 21 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1994	Beachport, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Millicent, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Nelson, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Port Fairy Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Peak Hill, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Belle Glade, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Koroit, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Stuart, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1994	Kalangadoo, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1994	Mount Gambier Aero, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1994	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1994	Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari, AU	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1994	Heywood Forestry, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1994	Nellore, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1994	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1994	Mount Richmond, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 793 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 50	625
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1