Weather Records on 10 December 1936

178 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1936. Highest significance: Kokstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 10 December 1936

On 10 December 1936, 178 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 174 daily.
Kokstad set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 10 December 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

178 stations

178 station records on 10 December 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lambrigg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	188.0 cm (74.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

178 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 10 December 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 10 December 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

152 broken records

Margins by which the 152 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1372.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1936

Top 20 records on 10 December 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1936	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1936	Lambrigg, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1936	Mazelspoort Dam, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1936	Brockton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1936	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1936	Avoca, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1936	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Saint John, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Nieuwejaarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Lowell, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Beenak, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	The Cliff, ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	188.0 cm (74.0 in)	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Lawrence, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Mulwala Homestead, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1936	Basudevpur (Eram), IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	29 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1936. 1936 had 178 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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	151
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1