Weather Records on 10 December 1943

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1943. Highest significance: Tucumcari, US.

Key Facts for 10 December 1943

On 10 December 1943, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 483 daily.
Tucumcari set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 10 December 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 10 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tucumcari	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 10 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 10 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1943

Top 20 records on 10 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1943	Tucumcari, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Iola, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Appleton City, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Miami, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Fredonia, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Havana, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Larned, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Ida, ZA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Portales, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Pleasanton, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	monthly low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Decatur Wtp, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1943	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	36 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1943. 1943 had 504 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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 50	394
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1