Weather Records on 4 December 1944

377 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1944. Highest significance: El Dorado, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 1944

On 4 December 1944, 377 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 344 daily.
El Dorado set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 4 December 1944.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

377 stations

377 station records on 4 December 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kismet Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

377 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 4 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 4 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1944

Top 20 records on 4 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1944	El Dorado, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1944	Emporia 1 S, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1944	Leavenworth, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1944	Lebo, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1944	Newton, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1944	Wellington, US	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Wichita, US	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Neosho Rapids, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Osage City, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Perryton, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Manhattan, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Kismet Near, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Topeka, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Greensburg, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Hutchinson River, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Perryton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Myrup, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Lawrence, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1944	Ottawa, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	44 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1944. 1944 had 377 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 50	308
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2