Weather Records on 13 December 2019

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 2019. Highest significance: Columbia UNIV of Sc, US.

Key Facts for 13 December 2019

On 13 December 2019, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 506 daily.
Columbia UNIV of Sc set a daily record precipitation of 81.8 mm (3.2 in) on 13 December 2019.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 13 December 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindbergh Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlet	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Patna	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Germain	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barnes STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 13 December 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 13 December 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 506.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 2019

Top 20 records on 13 December 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 2019	Columbia UNIV of Sc, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2019	Dubois, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2019	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2019	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Sumter, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Columbia, US	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Jackson Springs 5 WNW, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Madeline Is, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Marshfield Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Vero Beach 4SE, US	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Randleman, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Smithfield, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Santuck, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	109 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Winter Park, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2019	Stuart, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	44 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 520 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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	380
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1