Weather Records on 6 December 1944

203 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1944. Highest significance: Abbeville, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1944

On 6 December 1944, 203 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 197 daily.
Abbeville set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 6 December 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

203 stations

203 station records on 6 December 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yallingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chepstowe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Margaret River 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerslie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

203 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

160 broken records

Margins by which the 160 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1944

Top 20 records on 6 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1944	Abbeville, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1944	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1944	Yallingup, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1944	Moyhu, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1944	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Quindalup, AU	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Mayaguez City, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Prescott 2 NNW, US	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Mayaguez City, PR	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Chepstowe, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Noyyatinkara, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Port Townsend, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Honomanu 450, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1944	Liepaja, LV	monthly rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	60 years	20 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1944. 1944 had 203 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 100	158
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1