Weather Records on 22 December 2017

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 2017. Highest significance: Wellingrove (Wangalea), AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 2017

On 22 December 2017, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 472 daily.
Wellingrove (Wangalea) set a daily record precipitation of 67.0 mm (2.6 in) on 22 December 2017.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 22 December 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kangaroo Creek (Hayfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Wattle Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fiskabygd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Svelgen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nordfjordeid - Nymark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Creek (Jaloom)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Brydone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jixi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maumelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	116.7 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fureneset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eikemo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Husnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eumarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Reddestone (Redban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Mitchell (Tirranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wiangaree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eksingedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 22 December 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 22 December 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 2017

Top 20 records on 22 December 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 2017	Wellingrove (Wangalea), AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	114 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2017	Nymboida (Armidale Road), AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2017	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2017	Lavik, NO	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2017	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	107 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2017	Little Rock AP Adams Fld, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2017	Cold Bay AP, US	monthly snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2017	Kangaroo Creek (Hayfield), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Idjevan, AM	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Dundee (Wattle Dale), AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Rosendal, NO	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Cold Bay AP, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Fiskabygd, NO	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Eikanger - Myr, NO	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Svelgen II, NO	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Brazzaville, CG	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Orskog, NO	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2017	Holter Dam, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	78 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2017. 2017 had 488 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	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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 20	315
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1