Weather Records on 20 December 2014

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 2014. Highest significance: Lattakia, SY.

Key Facts for 20 December 2014

On 20 December 2014, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 512 daily.
Lattakia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 214.9 mm (8.5 in) on 20 December 2014.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 20 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clackamas Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trough	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santiam Jct.	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
North Fork	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blazed Alder	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Crescent Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Wheeler	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Pass E.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yakushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	109.0 cm (42.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saddle Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoco Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenpoint	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lucky Strike	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pigtail Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Three Creeks Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Sum	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blewett Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Derr.	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Creek R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sevenmile Marsh	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Igarka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elista	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fawn Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peavine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seine Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 20 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 20 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

430 broken records

Margins by which the 430 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 2014

Top 20 records on 20 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 2014	Lattakia, SY	all-time rain	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	79 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 December 2014	Gogo Station, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Uwajima, JP	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Napoleonville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Goldendale, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Hakodate, JP	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Clackamas Lake, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Trough, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Grouse Camp, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Sukumo, JP	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Clear Lake, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Santiam Jct., US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	North Fork, US	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Blazed Alder, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Daly Lake, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Aburatsu, JP	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	New Crescent Lake, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily high max	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Tipton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2014	Upper Wheeler, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	42 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 524 records.

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

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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 25	370
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1