Weather Records on 18 December 1992

1,045 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 1992. Highest significance: Fowlers Gap Research Station, AU.

Key Facts for 18 December 1992

On 18 December 1992, 1,045 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
215 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,021 daily.
Fowlers Gap Research Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 18 December 1992.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,045 stations

1,045 station records on 18 December 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fowlers Gap Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Noorama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Yeltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bold Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Waite Institute)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maylands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Chicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Catumnal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kinalung (Munka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Knob (Gilles Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,045 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 500, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 103.

Records on 18 December 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	500
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	103

Records on 18 December 1992 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 1,021.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

867 broken records

Margins by which the 867 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

18 December 1992

Top 20 records on 18 December 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 1992	Fowlers Gap Research Station, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	81 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 December 1992	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	all-time rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	monthly rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Meadows, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Strathalbyn, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Callington, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Merlin Station, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Murray Bridge (Tepko), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 December 1992	Noorama, AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)

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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1992. 1992 had 1,045 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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Data for records on 1992-12-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	781
50 to 100	58
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2