Weather Records on 11 December 1921

49 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1921. Highest significance: Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA.

Key Facts for 11 December 1921

On 11 December 1921, 49 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 48 daily.
Durban-Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 11 December 1921.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

49 stations

49 station records on 11 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.8 C (-19.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.4 C (-28.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.7 C (-17.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

49 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 11.

Records on 11 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1921

Top 20 records on 11 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1921	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1921	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Astoria, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Hawkwood Station, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily low max	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Kazan, RU	daily low min	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	9.9 C (17.8 F)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	monthly high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low min	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily low max	-28.8 C (-19.8 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	8 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Kiev, UA	daily low min	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily low min	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Banff, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Astoria, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1921	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	28 years	13 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

1796 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1921. 1921 had 49 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	39
10 to 20	0
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1