Weather Records on 2 December 1926

167 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1926. Highest significance: Tizi Ouzou, DZ.

Key Facts for 2 December 1926

On 2 December 1926, 167 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 160 daily.
Tizi Ouzou set an all-time record daily precipitation of 130.0 mm (5.1 in) on 2 December 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

167 stations

167 station records on 2 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

167 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 2 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 160.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

135 broken records

Margins by which the 135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1926

Top 20 records on 2 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1926	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1926	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1926	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1926	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1926	Bakke, NO	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Santa Fe, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	monthly high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Lucknow, CA	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Ukiah, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Kamloops, CA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1926	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	26 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1926. 1926 had 167 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	115
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1