Weather Records on 4 December 1942

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1942. Highest significance: McGregor (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 December 1942

On 4 December 1942, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 434 daily.
McGregor (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 4 December 1942.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 4 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Canudos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.3 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
S. Luis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Granja	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caracara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Quiteria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tamboril	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durrunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Danger Point - Vrt.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ubajara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 4 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 4 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 434.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1942

Top 20 records on 4 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1942	McGregor (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1942	Canudos, BR	monthly rain	123.3 mm (4.9 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Boetsap (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Kookynie, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Welbedacht, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Welbedacht Agric Office, ZA	all-time rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Rio de Contas, BR	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Villiers (Pol), ZA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Acude Bonito, BR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Condeuba, BR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	S. Luis, BR	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Truro Nsac, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1942	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	37 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

1796 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1942. 1942 had 450 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	363
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	2