Weather Records on 2 December 1937

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1937. Highest significance: Orroroo, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1937

On 2 December 1937, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 253 daily.
Orroroo set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 2 December 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 2 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding (Yakilo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

245 broken records

Margins by which the 245 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1937

Top 20 records on 2 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1937	Orroroo, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Balaklava, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Hull, GB	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Lungleh, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Auburn, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Morgan Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Mannum (Sanderston), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Orroroo (Kylmorn), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Eudunda, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Coonalpyn, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Murray Bridge Comparison, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Barramunga, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Champhai, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Coomandook, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Aijal, IN	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Sairang, IN	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1937	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	35 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1937. 1937 had 265 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	215
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1