Weather Records on 2 December 1947

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1947. Highest significance: Seymour Shire Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1947

On 2 December 1947, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 615 daily.
Seymour Shire Depot set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 2 December 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 2 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merrigum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebung (Vermont Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bobadah (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Egito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irymple (Arlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 392, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 2 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	392
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 2 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 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

2 December 1947

Top 20 records on 2 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1947	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Lake Cowal, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Wallumbilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Hillston Airport, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Ash Fork 6 N, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Meilman, AU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Merrowie North, AU	all-time rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Walbundrie (Crediton Street), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Merrigum, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Tarcutta (Wollumbi), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Hillston (Hunthawang), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Steam Plains 1, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1947	Bottineau, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	0 years	37 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

1797 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1947. 1947 had 633 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 50	530
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2