Weather Records on 6 December 1934

185 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1934. Highest significance: Schreiber, CA.

Key Facts for 6 December 1934

On 6 December 1934, 185 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 174 daily.
Schreiber set an all-time record daily snowfall of 68.6 cm (27.0 in) on 6 December 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

185 stations

185 station records on 6 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record snow depth	355.6 cm (140.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	223.5 cm (88.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
De Jong Ranch, Howic	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

185 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 57, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 6 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 6 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1778.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1934

Top 20 records on 6 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1934	Schreiber, CA	all-time snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1934	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1934	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1934	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1934	Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1934	Schreiber, CA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1934	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1934	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1934	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Mqanduli (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Washington, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Pawnee City, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	57 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Charlottetown, CA	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1934	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	25 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1934. 1934 had 185 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 250	142
250 to 500	1
500 to 750	2
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	2
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1