Weather Records on 14 December 2002

863 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 2002. Highest significance: Republic, US.

Key Facts for 14 December 2002

On 14 December 2002, 863 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
470 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 843 daily.
Republic set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 14 December 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

863 stations

863 station records on 14 December 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Valley 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Angwin Pacific Union College	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Standish Hickey Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muir Woods	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch Pumping Plt #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whiskeytown Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Markley Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

863 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 14 December 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 14 December 2002 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 843.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 2002

Top 20 records on 14 December 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 2002	Republic, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2002	Omak 4 N, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2002	Quincy, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2002	Nevada City, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Stony Gorge Rsvr, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Mineral, US	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Kerki, TM	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Fairfield, US	all-time rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Strawberry Valley 2, US	daily rain	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Winters, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Colville, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Northport, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Saint Helena, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Cloverdale, US	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	East Park Rsvr, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Middletown, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Eastport, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Waterville, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Angwin Pacific Union College, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2002	Ukiah, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	51 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

1796 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2002. 2002 had 863 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2002-12-14: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	614
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	2