Weather Records on 19 December 1993

1,153 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1993. Highest significance: Ljungby, SE.

Key Facts for 19 December 1993

On 19 December 1993, 1,153 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
524 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,124 daily.
Ljungby set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 19 December 1993.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,153 stations

1,153 station records on 19 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rorvik_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gordalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pohja Pohjankuru	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pori Porin Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turku Turun Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wutoschingen-Ofteringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salo Karkka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Singeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaarina Yltoinen	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken-Sankt Johann	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murrhardt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rastatt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.3 C (-60.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Goncalo Do Abaete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Homburg/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen-Ayle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Modautal-Neunkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Ostalb Gschwend	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belvaux	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,153 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 281, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 460, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 19 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	281
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	460
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 19 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 1,124.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

996 broken records

Margins by which the 996 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

19 December 1993

Top 20 records on 19 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1993	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1993	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1993	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1993	Medina, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1993	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1993	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Rorvik_D, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach, DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Gordalen, SE	monthly rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Pohja Pohjankuru, FI	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	St. Brandon (St. Ra, MU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Pori Porin Lentoasema, FI	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Turku Turun Lentoasema, FI	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Wutoschingen-Ofteringen, DE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Berus, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Boras, SE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1993	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 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

1793 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 1,153 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	977
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1