Weather Records on 6 December 1912

109 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1912. Highest significance: Philipstown (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 6 December 1912

On 6 December 1912, 109 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 104 daily.
Philipstown (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 6 December 1912.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

109 stations

109 station records on 6 December 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Werribee (Wyndham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Culpotaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

109 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 64.

Records on 6 December 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 December 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 104.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

98 broken records

Margins by which the 98 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1912

Top 20 records on 6 December 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1912	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1912	Kew, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Jacksonville Wb City, US	monthly high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Bright Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Warburton, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Toronto, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Mornington, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Newlyn Reservoir, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Baku, AZ	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Stratford, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Merrowie North, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Berrybank, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1912	Ballan, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	36 years	19 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

1804 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1912. 1912 had 109 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	64
5 to 10	20
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1