Weather Records on 2 December 1943

179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1943. Highest significance: Lamar, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1943

On 2 December 1943, 179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 172 daily.
Lamar set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 2 December 1943.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

179 stations

179 station records on 2 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mahukona 159	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ione	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

179 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 2 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 2 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

144 broken records

Margins by which the 144 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1943

Top 20 records on 2 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1943	Lamar, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1943	Forks 1 E, US	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1943	River Jordan, CA	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1943	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1943	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1943	Mahukona 159, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1943	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1943	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1943	Tribune 1W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Stave Falls, CA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Aberdeen, US	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Willapa Harbor, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Bear Creek, CA	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Aurora, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Black Lake, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1943	Raton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	26 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1943. 1943 had 179 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 20	113
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2