Weather Records on 14 December 2012

938 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 2012. Highest significance: Faywood, US.

Key Facts for 14 December 2012

On 14 December 2012, 938 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
229 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 915 daily.
Faywood set an all-time record daily precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 14 December 2012.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

938 stations

938 station records on 14 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Faywood	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Fort Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oltedal	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ims	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponferrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Springs Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hognestad	Norway	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tribsees	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porsgrunn Brannstasjon	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kzylzar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Charleston Fire STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Buch	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chany	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Creek Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

938 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 369, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 95.

Records on 14 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	95

Records on 14 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 19, daily 915.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

820 broken records

Margins by which the 820 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 2012

Top 20 records on 14 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 2012	Faywood, US	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	79 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2012	Fort Hill, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2012	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2012	Izuhara, JP	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2012	Millston, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Derbent, RU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Turee Creek, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Nangeenan, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Canelo 1 NW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Pioche, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	123 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Buzau, RO	monthly low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	110 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Oltedal, NO	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Dyer 5S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Meckering, AU	monthly rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Nossen, DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Fukue, JP	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Ims, NO	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Ponferrada, ES	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2012	Ely AP, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	114 years	44 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 938 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

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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 2026-10-16 (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 50	777
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2