Weather Records on 12 December 2022

767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 2022. Highest significance: Vysnij Volocek, RU.

Key Facts for 12 December 2022

On 12 December 2022, 767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 739 daily.
Vysnij Volocek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 12 December 2022.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

767 stations

767 station records on 12 December 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cape Columbine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Glennallen Kcam	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tver	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kasin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mildred 7 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greendale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley Sp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pelton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Silvies	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thredbo Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belmullet	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ephraim	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson Winery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchum Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba (Landsdowne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gogerddan	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bend 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jensen	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma (Gravel Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

767 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 157, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 12 December 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	157
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 12 December 2022 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 23, daily 739.

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 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 2022

Top 20 records on 12 December 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 2022	Vysnij Volocek, RU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	63 years	79 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Cape Columbine, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	96 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Glennallen Kcam, US	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	120 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Tver, RU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Bend, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2022	Kasin, RU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Ely AP, US	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	12.8 cm (5.0 in)	122 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Natural Brg, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Summit, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Mildred 7 NNW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Greendale Station, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Spring Valley Sp, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Ouray 4NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Antelope 6 SSW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Moro, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2022	Fall Rvr Mills, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	93 years	49 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2022. 2022 had 767 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	610
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1