Weather Records on 1 December 1921

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1921. Highest significance: Madison Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 1 December 1921

On 1 December 1921, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 55 daily.
Madison Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 1 December 1921.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 1 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 1 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 55.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1921

Top 20 records on 1 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1921	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1921	Green Bay, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1921	Dubuque River, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Wien, AT	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Hewitt, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Magdeburg, DE	daily low min	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily low min	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	14 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Magdeburg, DE	daily low max	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Bird Rocks, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Plauen, DE	daily low max	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1921	Mena, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	16 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1921. 1921 had 55 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	43
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1