Weather Records on 19 December 2017

783 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 2017. Highest significance: Bjoernoeya, NO.

Key Facts for 19 December 2017

On 19 December 2017, 783 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 774 daily.
Bjoernoeya set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.4 mm (1.3 in) on 19 December 2017.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

783 stations

783 station records on 19 December 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lavon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pickfoot Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Bottom	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parawa (Sharon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pike Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheb	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth Meacham Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
King Hussein	Jordan	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emery Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Igarka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novoselenginsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novoselenginsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Samsun	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richardson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

783 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 19 December 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 19 December 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 774.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

662 broken records

Margins by which the 662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 2017

Top 20 records on 19 December 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 2017	Bjoernoeya, NO	monthly rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 December 2017	Bellingham Intl AP, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 December 2017	Potlatch 3 NNE, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 2017	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Indus 3 W, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	121 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Lavon Dam, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Pickfoot Creek, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Dallas FAA AP, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Boulder Mountain, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	124 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Steigen, NO	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Copper Bottom, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Parawa (Sharon), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Pike Creek, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Cheb, CZ	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Cuero, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 2017	Ulan-Ude, RU	daily high min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	103 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2017. 2017 had 783 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 20	619
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1