Weather Records on 7 December 1932

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1932. Highest significance: Wauseon Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 1932

On 7 December 1932, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 543 daily.
Wauseon Wtp set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 7 December 1932.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

555 stations

555 station records on 7 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 7 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 543.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1932

Top 20 records on 7 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1932	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1932	Bluffton Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1932	Lucknow, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1932	Napoleon, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Emerald Post Office, AU	monthly high min	28.0 C (82.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Salisbury, US	monthly high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Greenville Wtp, US	monthly high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Burlington, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1932	Fall River, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	35 years	24 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

1801 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1932. 1932 had 555 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 December 1932
Margin	Records
0 to 10	460
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1