Weather Records on 6 December 1931

178 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1931. Highest significance: St Lawrence Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 1931

On 6 December 1931, 178 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 167 daily.
St Lawrence Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 125.2 mm (4.9 in) on 6 December 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

178 stations

178 station records on 6 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

178 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 167.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1931

Top 20 records on 6 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1931	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Juandah, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Oak Park Station, AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Cobbadah Post Office, AU	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Westgrove, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Pallal, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Saltern Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Kellys Plain (Haroldston), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Roma Post Office, AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Sarna, SE	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Eton Police Station, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Victoria Cp&L, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	May Vale, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1931	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1931	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily low max	23.1 C (73.6 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1931	Miles Post Office, AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1931	Boggabilla (Boonal), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	31 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

1804 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1931. 1931 had 178 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	137
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3