Weather Records on 12 December 1911

104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1911. Highest significance: Werribee (Wyndham), AU.

Key Facts for 12 December 1911

On 12 December 1911, 104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 97 daily.
Werribee (Wyndham) set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 12 December 1911.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

104 stations

104 station records on 12 December 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Werribee (Wyndham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castlemaine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

104 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1911 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 55.

Records on 12 December 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 December 1911 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 97.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

94 broken records

Margins by which the 94 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1911

Top 20 records on 12 December 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1911	Werribee (Wyndham), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Mount Bute, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1911	Clunes, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Newlyn Reservoir, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Winchelsea (Murdeduke), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Castlemaine, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Concord, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Mornington, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1911	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 years	21 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

1796 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1911. 1911 had 104 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 December 1911
Margin	Records
0 to 10	73
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1