Weather Records on 2 December 1916

169 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1916. Highest significance: Wunnamurra, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1916

On 2 December 1916, 169 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 164 daily.
Wunnamurra set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 2 December 1916.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

169 stations

169 station records on 2 December 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culpotaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merungle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conoble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

169 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 158.

Records on 2 December 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 December 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 164.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

161 broken records

Margins by which the 161 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1916

Top 20 records on 2 December 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1916	Wunnamurra, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Rupanyup (Lallat Plains), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Kooba, AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Hillston (Cowl Cowl), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Puckawidgee Back, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Culpotaro, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Hatfield (Clare), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1916	Tottenham (Woodlands 1), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1916	Merungle, AU	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1916	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1916	Hvar, HR	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1916	Stawell, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1916	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1916	Conoble, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1916	Laen, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	29 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1916. 1916 had 169 records.

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

Records on 12-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1807	2
1810	2
1817	1
1823	1
1828	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1852	1
1856	4
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1867	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	4
1876	5
1878	1
1879	9
1884	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	9
1904	1
1905	17
1906	10
1907	8
1908	15
1909	37
1910	18
1911	56
1912	81
1913	67
1914	101
1915	19
1916	169
1917	40
1918	50
1919	99
1920	43
1921	113
1922	59
1923	28
1924	168
1925	156
1926	167
1927	460
1928	77
1929	545
1930	272
1931	305
1932	525
1933	485
1934	194
1935	143
1936	331
1937	265
1938	335
1939	345
1940	551
1941	752
1942	835
1943	179
1944	276
1945	222
1946	198
1947	633
1948	211
1949	254
1950	598
1951	629
1952	614
1953	482
1954	317
1955	561
1956	594
1957	217
1958	442
1959	412
1960	410
1961	341
1962	1,144
1963	250
1964	726
1965	496
1966	1,117
1967	804
1968	753
1969	548
1970	1,232
1971	764
1972	547
1973	1,031
1974	1,019
1975	721
1976	920
1977	723
1978	1,056
1979	862
1980	1,428
1981	739
1982	3,111
1983	1,041
1984	701
1985	3,666
1986	887
1987	1,118
1988	613
1989	981
1990	616
1991	1,970
1992	719
1993	632
1994	632
1995	1,002
1996	1,180
1997	816
1998	1,732
1999	706
2000	735
2001	639
2002	615
2003	554
2004	798
2005	944
2006	1,388
2007	1,704
2008	871
2009	1,013
2010	1,602
2011	730
2012	1,265
2013	557
2014	546
2015	818
2016	269
2017	737
2018	1,152
2019	615
2020	534
2021	1,988
2022	771
2023	591
2024	715
2025	889

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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 10	112
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1