Weather Records on 2 December 1942

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1942. Highest significance: Concord, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1942

On 2 December 1942, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 255 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 796 daily.
Concord set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 2 December 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 2 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Av-A-Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wattlegrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guaraciaba Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 164, Heaviest daily rainfall 376, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 2 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	164
Heaviest daily rainfall	376
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 2 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 796.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

706 broken records

Margins by which the 706 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1942

Top 20 records on 2 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1942	Concord, US	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1942	Cape Riche, AU	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1942	Pardelup, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Meckering, AU	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Denmark, AU	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Gardiner, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Kalgan River, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Youngs Siding, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Westbourne, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Grassmere, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Av-A-Rest, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	The Meadows, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Albany, AU	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Dunkirk 19NNE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Nanambinia, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Durham, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Arundel, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1942	Kendenup, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1942. 1942 had 835 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 200	702
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	2