Weather Records on 22 December 1994

920 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1994. Highest significance: Florence Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1994

On 22 December 1994, 920 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 898 daily.
Florence Rgnl AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.9 mm (4.1 in) on 22 December 1994.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

920 stations

920 station records on 22 December 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
La Poza Honda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Rosario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Carrizal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Aterradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cadege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Do Monte Alegre An/Ces	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Pavioli	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tepentu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juan Rodriguez Clara	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Americana (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sete Quedas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zadar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martim Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookgreen Gardens	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Verde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laranjal Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itaici	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chinipas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Pocitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Bento Do Sapucai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okeechobee	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

920 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 399, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 22 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	399
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 22 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 898.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

748 broken records

Margins by which the 748 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

22 December 1994

Top 20 records on 22 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1994	Florence Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1994	Kisinev, MD	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1994	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Adak AP, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	La Poza Honda, MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	San Juanico, MX	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Wakool (Barratta), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Great Falls, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Shemya USAF Base, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Columbia, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	El Rosario, MX	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	La Angostura, MX	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	El Carrizal, MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Fazenda Aterradinho, BR	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Cadege, MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Catawba, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Campina Do Monte Alegre An/Ces, BR	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1994	Bairro Pavioli, BR	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	43 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 920 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	737
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1