Weather Records on 2 December 1946

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1946. Highest significance: Dug (Dag), IN.

Key Facts for 2 December 1946

On 2 December 1946, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 196 daily.
Dug (Dag) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 2 December 1946.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 2 December 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sarila	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 December 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 December 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

149 broken records

Margins by which the 149 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1946

Top 20 records on 2 December 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1946	Dug (Dag), IN	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1946	Ettumanur, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1946	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1946	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	New Bedford Coop, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Tada, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	St Ignace, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Venkatagiri, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Lucknow, CA	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Tobermory, CA	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Cheboygan, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Setauket Strong, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Dillalah, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Conceicao, BR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Collingwood, CA	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1946	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	52 years	22 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1946. 1946 had 198 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 10	122
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1