Weather Records on 18 December 2010

1,322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 2010. Highest significance: Gascoyne Junction, AU.

Key Facts for 18 December 2010

On 18 December 2010, 1,322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 413 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 1,221 daily.
Gascoyne Junction set a monthly record daily precipitation of 111.6 mm (4.4 in) on 18 December 2010.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,322 stations

1,322 station records on 18 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
West Beemster	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Heiloo	Netherlands	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lijnden (Nh)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Muggon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zeitz	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winderie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yaringa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ko Samui	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kortgene	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	132.7 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalbarri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Poplars	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schmieritz-Weltwitz	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zaandijk	Netherlands	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Noordgouwe	Netherlands	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,322 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 173, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 240, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 366.

Records on 18 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	173
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	240
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	366

Records on 18 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 79, daily 1,221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,086 broken records

Margins by which the 1,086 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

18 December 2010

Top 20 records on 18 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 2010	Gascoyne Junction, AU	monthly rain	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	78 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 December 2010	Denham, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 December 2010	Wondinong, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 December 2010	Judal Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Hamelin Station, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Yalgoo, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Lyons River, AU	all-time rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	103 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Yuinmery, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Callagiddy Station, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	West Beemster, NL	monthly snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Sherwood, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	108 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Cue, AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Nevada City, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	115 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Flemingsburg 2 N, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Challa, AU	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Yuna, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Wuppertal-Buchenhofen, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Mount Narryer, AU	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2010	Mileura, AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2010. 2010 had 1,322 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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	916
50 to 100	112
100 to 150	38
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	1