Weather Records on 21 December 2014

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 2014. Highest significance: Glenns Ferry, US.

Key Facts for 21 December 2014

On 21 December 2014, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
387 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 843 daily.
Glenns Ferry set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 21 December 2014.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 21 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chesalon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gillastig	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mule Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scofield-Skyline Mine	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chiloquin 12 NW (Fort Klamath)	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lynx Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roaring River	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Lk.	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Springs Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sevenmile Marsh	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbine	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bostetter R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Auchincruive	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Railroad Overpass	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penicuik	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skalkaho Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Egersund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eilertson Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fourmile Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Billie Creek Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yoorooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boise 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Porphyry Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snider Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joe Wright	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calvert Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clackamas Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Crescent Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wayjo Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 281, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 448, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 21 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	281
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	448
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 21 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 32, daily 843.

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 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 2014

Top 20 records on 21 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 2014	Glenns Ferry, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2014	Bremer Bay, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2014	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2014	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2014	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	107 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2014	Chesalon, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Gillastig, SE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Monte Vista, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Garden Valley, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Fraser Range, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Sargents, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Mule Creek, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Inorunie Station, AU	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Scofield-Skyline Mine, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Sargents, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Chiloquin 12 NW (Fort Klamath), US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Lynx Pass, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Roaring River, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2014	Fish Lk., US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 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 878 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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 100	723
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1