Weather Records on 22 December 2004

899 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 2004. Highest significance: 1 WSW Princeton, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 2004

On 22 December 2004, 899 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 819 daily.
1 WSW Princeton set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 22 December 2004.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

899 stations

899 station records on 22 December 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Vevay	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Princeton 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gilbertsville Ky Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Princeton 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Overtornea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Svanstein	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis SE Side	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tammisaari Bromarv Vattlax	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beretania Pump STN 705	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

899 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 201, Deepest snow cover 98.

Records on 22 December 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	201
Deepest snow cover	98

Records on 22 December 2004 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 67, daily 819.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

731 broken records

Margins by which the 731 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 2004

Top 20 records on 22 December 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 2004	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Evansville Museum, US	all-time snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	44 years	78 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Rushville, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	N Vernon 2 ESE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Anna 4 N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Vevay, US	monthly snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	109 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Washington 1 W, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Dayton Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	53 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Evansville Rgnl AP, US	all-time snowfall	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	11 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Shepherdsville 5NE, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	79 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Marble Hill, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	106 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Princeton 1 SE, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Gilbertsville Ky Dam, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Sebree 1 E, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	10 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Marshall, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Cleveland, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Bloomfield, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2004	Shawneetown Old Town, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 899 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	625
50 to 100	66
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1