Weather Records on 19 December 2018

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 2018. Highest significance: Goychay, AZ.

Key Facts for 19 December 2018

On 19 December 2018, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 388 daily.
Goychay set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 19 December 2018.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 19 December 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Old Delamere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.3 C (113.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boothville ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tanguj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turnagain Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-42.5 C (-44.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa Bay Area WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bismarck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gerlach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 217, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 December 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	217
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 December 2018 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

302 broken records

Margins by which the 302 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 2018

Top 20 records on 19 December 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 2018	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 December 2018	Shillong, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 December 2018	Silchar, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	116 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 December 2018	Pet Jorhat, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 December 2018	Old Delamere, AU	daily rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 December 2018	Richmond Raaf, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Moose Pass 3NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Milesovka, CZ	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Kljuchi, RU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Carthage, TN	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Saint Paul Is AP, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Myakka Rvr Sp, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Shoshone, US	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Rock Is L&D 15, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	128 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Valentine, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Loup City, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Windom, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Culbertson, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2018	Ft Green 12 WSW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	36 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 397 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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 20	288
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1