Weather Records on 12 December 2019

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 2019. Highest significance: Vero Beach Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 2019

On 12 December 2019, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 409 daily.
Vero Beach Intl AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 12 December 2019.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 12 December 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pamplona (Observatorio)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vigo Peinador	Spain	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Magic Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bostetter R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pamplona	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seventysix Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria/Foronda	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pontevedra	Spain	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Draw	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record low maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Draw Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Rs	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Larnaca	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rodrigues	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Duluth	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Abashiri	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tanguj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Marie	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jurien Bay	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chervjanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dubrovnik	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 12 December 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 12 December 2019 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 2019

Top 20 records on 12 December 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 2019	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 December 2019	Pamplona (Observatorio), ES	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2019	Stuart, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Vigo Peinador, ES	daily rain	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Magic Mountain, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Tarbes - Ossun, FR	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Winter, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Gordon, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Escanaba, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Enisejsk, RU	daily high min	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Big Bend, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Bostetter R.S., US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Ostrov Vrangelja, RU	daily high min	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Pamplona, ES	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Collegeville St John's, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Madeline Is, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Seventysix Creek, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2019	Boulia Airport, AU	all-time high min	37.4 C (99.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	0 years	37 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

1796 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2019. 2019 had 418 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 50	315
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1