Weather Records on 1 December 1949

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1949. Highest significance: Sibsagar, IN.

Key Facts for 1 December 1949

On 1 December 1949, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 293 daily.
Sibsagar set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 1 December 1949.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 1 December 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Voewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kahoma Intake 374	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-33.6 C (-28.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emba	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 December 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 December 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1949

Top 20 records on 1 December 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1949	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Cornubia, ZA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Gohpur, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Blackburn, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Fayette, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Putbus, DE	daily high max	8.6 C (47.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Marengo, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Northwood, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1949	Uil, KZ	monthly high min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1949	Sycamore, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1949	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1949	Voewood, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1949	St Thomas, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1949	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1949	Tempe 3 S, US	monthly high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1949	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1949	Tbilisi, GE	daily high max	18.1 C (64.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	30 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1949. 1949 had 313 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 20	219
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1