Weather Records on 2 December 1949

254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1949. Highest significance: Pekisko, CA.

Key Facts for 2 December 1949

On 2 December 1949, 254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 245 daily.
Pekisko set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 2 December 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

254 stations

254 station records on 2 December 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-31.8 C (-25.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.0 C (-50.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

254 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 December 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 December 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

189 broken records

Margins by which the 189 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 196.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1949

Top 20 records on 2 December 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1949	Pekisko, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1949	Encinal, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1949	Buttah, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1949	Big Wells 2W, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1949	Pekisko, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1949	High River, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1949	Laredo, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Mecca Fire STN, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Storrs, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Lethbridge Cda, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Lundbreck, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Spitskrans, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Rienzi, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Lyndon, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Moran India, IN	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Weltevrede, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Tombstone, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1949	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	1.7 cm (0.7 in)	55 years	24 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 254 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 25	168
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1