Weather Records on 2 December 1921

113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1921. Highest significance: Portage Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1921

On 2 December 1921, 113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 111 daily.
Portage Wwtp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 2 December 1921.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

113 stations

113 station records on 2 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murtho Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mitiamo 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

113 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 111.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

103 broken records

Margins by which the 103 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 16.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1921

Top 20 records on 2 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1921	Portage Wwtp, US	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Wien, AT	daily low min	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Clinton, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Green Bay, US	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Maitland, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Renmark, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Millicent, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Normanville, AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Uraidla, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Murtho Post Office, AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Beachport, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1921	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 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

1797 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1921. 1921 had 113 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 3	56
3 to 5	19
5 to 8	12
8 to 10	8
10 to 13	3
13 to 15	2
15 to 18	3