Weather Records on 22 December 2012

837 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 2012. Highest significance: Abbeville, FR.

Key Facts for 22 December 2012

On 22 December 2012, 837 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 817 daily.
Abbeville set a daily record precipitation of 35.9 mm (1.4 in) on 22 December 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

837 stations

837 station records on 22 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogerheide	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nuland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
'S Heerenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barendrecht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Biervliet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Capelle (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Krabbendijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Numansdorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zaltbommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Polar Gmo Im.E.T.Krenkelj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Andel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cadzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Op Zoom	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Breskens	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poortugaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Den Bommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gemert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gorinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Megen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Helvoet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Kruis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Jacoba Polder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oud Alblas	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tholen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boxtel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eumerella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dirksland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

837 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 430, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 22 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	430
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 22 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 817.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

752 broken records

Margins by which the 752 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 2012

Top 20 records on 22 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 2012	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2012	Ovezande, NL	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Hoogerheide, NL	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Nuland, NL	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	'S Heerenhoek, NL	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Barendrecht, NL	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Biervliet, NL	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Capelle (Nb), NL	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Krabbendijke, NL	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Nieuwendijk (Nb), NL	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Herwijnen_1, NL	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Numansdorp, NL	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Middelburg, NL	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Oosterhout, NL	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Zaltbommel, NL	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Polar Gmo Im.E.T.Krenkelj, RU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2012	Andel, NL	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	54 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

1793 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 837 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	764
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,415

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	719
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2