Weather Records on 19 December 1999

609 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1999. Highest significance: Georgetown 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1999

On 19 December 1999, 609 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 592 daily.
Georgetown 2 E set a daily record precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 19 December 1999.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

609 stations

609 station records on 19 December 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McClellanville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aparri	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carfax	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muckaty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jimna Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cipo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lavik	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boys Town	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snowshoe Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

609 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 19 December 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 19 December 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1999

Top 20 records on 19 December 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1999	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Bedford, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Fenn Rs, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Myklebust I Breim, NO	monthly snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Lagoa Grande, BR	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Skjak, NO	daily snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	McClellanville, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Aparri, PH	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Healdsburg, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Santa Rosa, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1999	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	40 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 609 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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Data for records on 1999-12-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	456
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2