Weather Records on 18 December 2022

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 2022. Highest significance: Midwest, US.

Key Facts for 18 December 2022

On 18 December 2022, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 511 daily.
Midwest set a daily record snow depth of 53.3 cm (21.0 in) on 18 December 2022.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 18 December 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Midwest	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wasta	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	388.1 mm (15.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Derna	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Circle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview 6 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lanai AP 656	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smith 6 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfield Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred 7 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cabin Lake Oregon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 138, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 97.

Records on 18 December 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	138
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	97

Records on 18 December 2022 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 2022

Top 20 records on 18 December 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 2022	Midwest, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2022	Chadron 3SW, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2022	Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2022	Interior 3 NE, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Brest-Guipavas, FR	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Adel, US	daily low max	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Wasta, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Songkhla, TH	monthly rain	388.1 mm (15.3 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Mersa Matruh, EG	monthly high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	20.7 C (69.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	River Falls, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Virginia City, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2022	Cedarville, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	42 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 536 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	393
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	2