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Weather Records on 2 December 1888

1 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1888. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 2 December 1888

  • On 2 December 1888, 1 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 1 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 1 daily.
  • Oxford tied a daily record high maximum temperature of 14.2 C (57.6 F) on 2 December 1888.
  • Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1 stations
Weather records on 2 December 1888 1 station records on 2 December 1888 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
1 station records on 2 December 1888 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 2 December 1888: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
OxfordUnited KingdomRecord high maximum temperature14.2 C (57.6 F)4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1 records
Records on 2 December 1888 by type Records set or tied on 2 December 1888 by type: Highest daily maximum 1. 00111Highest daily maximum: 1Lowest daily maximum: 0Highest daily minimum: 0Lowest daily minimum: 0Heaviest daily rainfall: 0Heaviest daily snowfall: 0Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 2 December 1888 by type: Highest daily maximum 1.
Records on 2 December 1888 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum1
Lowest daily maximum0
Highest daily minimum0
Lowest daily minimum0
Heaviest daily rainfall0
Heaviest daily snowfall0
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 2 December 1888 by timescale Records on 2 December 1888 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 1. 00111all-time: 0monthly: 0daily: 1all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 2 December 1888 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 1.
Records on 2 December 1888 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly0
daily1

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1888
Top 1 records on 2 December 1888 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
2 December 1888Oxford, GBdaily high max (Tie)14.2 C (57.6 F)tie41 years4 of 100 (Routine)

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

1797 to 1888
Records on 12-02 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1888. 1888 had 1 records. 01,0002,0003,0004,0001797: 21807: 21810: 21817: 11823: 11828: 11829: 21846: 11847: 11852: 11856: 41857: 11858: 11859: 11863: 21867: 11870: 31871: 11872: 41873: 11874: 21875: 41876: 51878: 11879: 91884: 21886: 21887: 21888: 11889: 11890: 41892: 11893: 41894: 31895: 21896: 31897: 41898: 101899: 51900: 11901: 51902: 61903: 91904: 11905: 171906: 101907: 81908: 151909: 371910: 181911: 561912: 811913: 671914: 1011915: 191916: 1691917: 401918: 501919: 991920: 431921: 1131922: 591923: 281924: 1681925: 1561926: 1671927: 4601928: 771929: 5451930: 2721931: 3051932: 5251933: 4851934: 1941935: 1431936: 3311937: 2651938: 3351939: 3451940: 5511941: 7521942: 8351943: 1791944: 2761945: 2221946: 1981947: 6331948: 2111949: 2541950: 5981951: 6291952: 6141953: 4821954: 3171955: 5611956: 5941957: 2171958: 4421959: 4121960: 4101961: 3411962: 1,1441963: 2501964: 7261965: 4961966: 1,1171967: 8041968: 7531969: 5481970: 1,2321971: 7641972: 5471973: 1,0311974: 1,0191975: 7211976: 9201977: 7231978: 1,0561979: 8621980: 1,4281981: 7391982: 3,1111983: 1,0411984: 7011985: 3,6661986: 8871987: 1,1181988: 6131989: 9811990: 6161991: 1,9701992: 7191993: 6321994: 6321995: 1,0021996: 1,1801997: 8161998: 1,7321999: 7062000: 7352001: 6392002: 6152003: 5542004: 7982005: 9442006: 1,3882007: 1,7042008: 8712009: 1,0132010: 1,6022011: 7302012: 1,2652013: 5572014: 5462015: 8182016: 2692017: 7372018: 1,1422019: 6142020: 5292021: 1,9762022: 7692023: 5902024: 7152025: 8901797187118951912192919461963198019972014
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1888. 1888 had 1 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 12-02 in each year
YearRecords
17972
18072
18102
18171
18231
18281
18292
18461
18471
18521
18564
18571
18581
18591
18632
18671
18703
18711
18724
18731
18742
18754
18765
18781
18799
18842
18862
18872
18881
18891
18904
18921
18934
18943
18952
18963
18974
189810
18995
19001
19015
19026
19039
19041
190517
190610
19078
190815
190937
191018
191156
191281
191367
1914101
191519
1916169
191740
191850
191999
192043
1921113
192259
192328
1924168
1925156
1926167
1927460
192877
1929545
1930272
1931305
1932525
1933485
1934194
1935143
1936331
1937265
1938335
1939345
1940551
1941752
1942835
1943179
1944276
1945222
1946198
1947633
1948211
1949254
1950598
1951629
1952614
1953482
1954317
1955561
1956594
1957217
1958442
1959412
1960410
1961341
19621,144
1963250
1964726
1965496
19661,117
1967804
1968753
1969548
19701,232
1971764
1972547
19731,031
19741,019
1975721
1976920
1977723
19781,056
1979862
19801,428
1981739
19823,111
19831,041
1984701
19853,666
1986887
19871,118
1988613
1989981
1990616
19911,970
1992719
1993632
1994632
19951,002
19961,180
1997816
19981,732
1999706
2000735
2001639
2002615
2003554
2004798
2005944
20061,388
20071,704
2008871
20091,013
20101,602
2011730
20121,265
2013557
2014546
2015818
2016269
2017737
20181,142
2019614
2020529
20211,976
2022769
2023590
2024715
2025890

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).