Weather Records on 11 December 1932

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1932. Highest significance: Vedaranayam, IN.

Key Facts for 11 December 1932

On 11 December 1932, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 413 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 655 daily.
Vedaranayam set a daily record precipitation of 196.1 mm (7.7 in) on 11 December 1932.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 11 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 258, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 11 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	258
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 11 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 22, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1932

Top 20 records on 11 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1932	Vedaranayam, IN	daily rain	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	La Harpe, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Jacksonville, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Griggsville, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	all-time low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Ames 3 SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Lincoln Lock 4, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	San Jose, US	all-time low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	St Ignace, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Calhoun Falls, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Minonk, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Rome, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Society Hill 6 S, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1932	Ft Collins, US	daily low max	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	17.2 C (31.0 F)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1932	Chugwater, US	daily low max	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	17.2 C (31.0 F)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1932	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	34 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1932. 1932 had 696 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 50	570
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1