Weather Records on 2 December 1936

331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1936. Highest significance: Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA.

Key Facts for 2 December 1936

On 2 December 1936, 331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 326 daily.
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 2 December 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

331 stations

331 station records on 2 December 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

331 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1936 by type: Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 2 December 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 2 December 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 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

2 December 1936

Top 20 records on 2 December 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1936	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1936	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	monthly snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1936	Emporium 1 E, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Pella, ZA	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Battleford, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Dras, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Emporium 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Touws River, ZA	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Cadiz, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Plainfield, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Prince Albert, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1936	Altastenberg, DE	monthly rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1936	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	41 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

1797 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1936. 1936 had 331 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 50	271
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1