Weather Records on 22 December 2007

1,478 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 2007. Highest significance: Coonamble Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 22 December 2007

On 22 December 2007, 1,478 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
369 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 95 monthly and 1,373 daily.
Coonamble Comparison set an all-time record daily precipitation of 171.0 mm (6.7 in) on 22 December 2007.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

1,478 stations

1,478 station records on 22 December 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nyngan (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Camperdown Donalds Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Vernal	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Prairie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Quambone (Carwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bearbung (Aller)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Durham Ox	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leadville (Moreton Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Belchertown	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eppalock Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Curban (Ercildoune)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,478 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 819, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 22 December 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	819
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 22 December 2007 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 95, daily 1,373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,282 broken records

Margins by which the 1,282 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 2007

Top 20 records on 22 December 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 2007	Coonamble Comparison, AU	all-time rain	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	125 years	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 December 2007	Quambone Station, AU	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	97 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 December 2007	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 December 2007	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Carinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Warren (Frawley St), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Binnaway (Wattle St), AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Yarrawalla South, AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	119 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Tambar Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Beazleys Bridge, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	105 years	76 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Dubbo (Mentone), AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	92 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Keno, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Nyngan (Fairview), AU	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Wyanga (Barcoo), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Camperdown Donalds Hill, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2007	Vernal, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	58 years	67 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2007. 2007 had 1,478 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 50	1,216
50 to 100	53
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1