Weather Records on 14 December 2020

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 2020. Highest significance: Midland, AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 2020

On 14 December 2020, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 545 daily.
Midland set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 14 December 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 14 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chillingham (Limpinwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Baguio	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Doon Doon (McCabes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Danewood Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Larvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sandefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Inverway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Italy (Vineyard Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orienta 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Antalya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	223.3 mm (8.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springbrook Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hoidalen I Solum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melsom	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Green Pigeon (Morning View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lillian Rock (Williams Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Old Bonalbo (Alcheringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Capalaba Water Treat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shailer Park Oregon Drve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chillingham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pisgah Forest 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonalbo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam (Muirne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 14 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 14 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 2020

Top 20 records on 14 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 2020	Midland, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 2020	Mapleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 2020	Lindfield, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Beerburrum Forest Station, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Peachester, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Maleny Denning Rd, AU	daily rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Numinbah, AU	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Chillingham (Limpinwood), AU	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Baguio, PH	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Doon Doon (McCabes Road), AU	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Danewood Vale, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Wamuran, AU	daily rain	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2020	Meade, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2020	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2020	Marshall, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2020	Larvik, NO	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2020	Sandefjord, NO	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2020	Inverway, AU	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2020	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	52 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

1796 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2020. 2020 had 551 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	421
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1