Weather Records on 6 December 1941

231 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1941. Highest significance: Grenfell, CA.

Key Facts for 6 December 1941

On 6 December 1941, 231 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 225 daily.
Grenfell set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 6 December 1941.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

231 stations

231 station records on 6 December 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Andover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.6 C (-24.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

231 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 6 December 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 December 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 225.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1941

Top 20 records on 6 December 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1941	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1941	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1941	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1941	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1941	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low max	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low min	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Roldal, NO	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low max	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	monthly high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Clontarf, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1941	Weldon, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	23 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1941. 1941 had 231 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 20	170
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1