Weather Records on 12 December 1941

260 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1941. Highest significance: Bunkin, AU.

Key Facts for 12 December 1941

On 12 December 1941, 260 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 260 daily.
Bunkin set a daily record precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 12 December 1941.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

260 stations

260 station records on 12 December 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bunkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taylors Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

260 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 12 December 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 12 December 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1941

Top 20 records on 12 December 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1941	Bunkin, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1941	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1941	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1941	Grantsburg, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1941	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1941	New Market, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1941	Farmington 3NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1941	Quanaminning, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Claude, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Colorado City, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Carroll, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Collingwood, CA	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Maraisburg (Gm), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1941	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	42 years	25 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 260 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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	192
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1