Weather Records on 22 December 2019

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 2019. Highest significance: Dry Tortugas, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 2019

On 22 December 2019, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
620 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 742 daily.
Dry Tortugas set a daily record precipitation of 109.2 mm (4.3 in) on 22 December 2019.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

763 stations

763 station records on 22 December 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mosnov	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Polebridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edirne	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nice	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galati	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murska Sobota-Rakican	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Glacier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shadzhatmaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krivoj_Rog	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 332, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 22 December 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	332
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 22 December 2019 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 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

22 December 2019

Top 20 records on 22 December 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 2019	Dry Tortugas, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2019	Mosnov, CZ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2019	Key W Intl AP, US	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2019	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	all-time high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Turany, CZ	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Valdosta Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	18.6 C (65.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Phelps, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Polebridge, US	monthly high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Dalatangi, IS	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Boaz, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Castle Rock, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Old Faithful, US	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Turnu Magurele, RO	daily high min	4.1 C (39.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2019	Mt Carroll, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2019. 2019 had 763 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 2026-10-17 (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 100	656
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1