Weather Records on 6 December 1936

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1936. Highest significance: Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN.

Key Facts for 6 December 1936

On 6 December 1936, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 515 daily.
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 6 December 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 6 December 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 161, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 December 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	161
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 December 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 965.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1936

Top 20 records on 6 December 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1936	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Bella Coola, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Black Rock, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Batesville L&D 1, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Palmetto, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Phillipsburg, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1936	Logansport, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1936	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1936	Quesnel, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1936	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1936	Dickson, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1936	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1936	Maytown, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	32 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1936. 1936 had 524 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 200	439
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1