Weather Records on 6 December 1943

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1943. Highest significance: Escalante, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1943

On 6 December 1943, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 371 daily.
Escalante set a daily record snowfall of 19.1 cm (7.5 in) on 6 December 1943.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 6 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1943

Top 20 records on 6 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1943	Escalante, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Buchan, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Nelligen (Thule Road), AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Strydenberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Atchison, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1943	Bethany, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1943	Balook, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1943	Bonang, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1943	Araluen Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1943	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	31 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1943. 1943 had 378 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 25	305
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1