Weather Records on 2 December 1933

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1933. Highest significance: Moonambel, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1933

On 2 December 1933, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 456 daily.
Moonambel set an all-time record daily precipitation of 116.3 mm (4.6 in) on 2 December 1933.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 2 December 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 December 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 December 1933 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 456.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1933

Top 20 records on 2 December 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1933	Moonambel, AU	all-time rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Kearney 4 NE, US	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Norfolk, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Guide Rock, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Hastings 4N, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Madison, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Mc Cook, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Carapook (the Gums), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Wartook Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	N Loup, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Charlton, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Cobar (Tindarey), AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1933	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1933. 1933 had 485 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 20	380
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1