Weather Records on 4 December 1947

577 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1947. Highest significance: Harrisonville, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 1947

On 4 December 1947, 577 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 546 daily.
Harrisonville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 4 December 1947.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

577 stations

577 station records on 4 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Reno	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

577 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 330, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 4 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	330
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 4 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1947

Top 20 records on 4 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1947	Harrisonville, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1947	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Hebron, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	David City 4E, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Canton, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Bygoo, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Wapello, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Bruning, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Klipplaat, ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Lindsborg 3E, US	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Midland 2, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Ft Reno, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1947	Springfield, US	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	22 years	39 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1947. 1947 had 577 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 25	408
25 to 50	44
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1