Weather Records on 6 December 1950

1,419 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1950. Highest significance: Goondi Mill Csr, AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 1950

On 6 December 1950, 1,419 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 905 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,389 daily.
Goondi Mill Csr set a daily record precipitation of 190.5 mm (7.5 in) on 6 December 1950.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,419 stations

1,419 station records on 6 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dwight	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,419 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 411, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 494, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 124, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 6 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	411
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	494
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	124
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 6 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 24, daily 1,389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,285 broken records

Margins by which the 1,285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 369.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1950

Top 20 records on 6 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1950	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1950	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1950	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Hoopeston, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Charleston, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	New Burnside, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Cairo 3N, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	124.9 mm (4.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Mascoutah, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Brainerd, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Marble Hill, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Buxton (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Charleston, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1950	Thursday Island Township, AU	all-time rain	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	44 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

1804 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1950. 1950 had 1,419 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	1,204
50 to 100	47
100 to 150	20
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1