Weather Records on 1 December 1920

192 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1920. Highest significance: Wellwood, AU.

Key Facts for 1 December 1920

On 1 December 1920, 192 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 188 daily.
Wellwood set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 1 December 1920.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

192 stations

192 station records on 1 December 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boola Boolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernleigh (St.Helena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colinroobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarrwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

192 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 1 December 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 December 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 188.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1920

Top 20 records on 1 December 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1920	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Hillston (Cowl Cowl), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Black Springs, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1920	Boola Boolka, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Alma, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Vineland, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Euabalong (Lachlan St), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Cadia, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Condobolin Station, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1920	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	28 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1920. 1920 had 192 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 1 December 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	116
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1