Weather Records on 22 December 2002

652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 2002. Highest significance: Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE.

Key Facts for 22 December 2002

On 22 December 2002, 652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 641 daily.
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan) set a daily record precipitation of 25.5 mm (1.0 in) on 22 December 2002.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

652 stations

652 station records on 22 December 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Batavia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neustadt Am Kulm-Filchendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ures (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meiningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eschenbach/Oberpfalz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kleiner Inselsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonneberg-Neufang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weilburg (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Konya	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grebenhain-Herchenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nochistlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Afyon	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Agustin	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Vega	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cucurpe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Afyon	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Freedom	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chichibu	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muren	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hutag	Mongolia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.5 C (-44.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bocatoma Sufragio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
El Copital	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fuerteventura/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Niederelbert	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

652 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 22 December 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 22 December 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 641.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 2002

Top 20 records on 22 December 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 2002	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	119 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2002	Batavia, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Jomo Kenyatta Intl, KE	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Joseph, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Oberviechtach, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Charles City, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Frederick, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	122 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Fredonia, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Altus Irig Rsch STN, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Neustadt Am Kulm-Filchendorf, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Watford City, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Coahuayutla, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Ft Grant, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2002	Ahuacatlan, MX	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 2002	Schmucke, DE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 2002	Asuncion Nochixtlan, MX	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 2002	Ures (Dge), MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 2002	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	daily high max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 652 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	499
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1