Weather Records on 2 December 1939

345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1939. Highest significance: Humansdorp (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 December 1939

On 2 December 1939, 345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 334 daily.
Humansdorp (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 2 December 1939.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

345 stations

345 station records on 2 December 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
China Flat	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranquille	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

345 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 2 December 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 December 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

277 broken records

Margins by which the 277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1939

Top 20 records on 2 December 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1939	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1939	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1939	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1939	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1939	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	159 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1939	New Westminster, CA	monthly high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1939	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Winchendon, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Uccle, BE	daily high min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	monthly high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Bic, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Prince Albert, CA	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Oroville 1 N, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1939	China Flat, US	monthly high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	22 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1939. 1939 had 345 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 10	266
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1