Weather Records on 2 December 1952

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1952. Highest significance: Horton, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1952

On 2 December 1952, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 606 daily.
Horton set a daily record snow depth of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 2 December 1952.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 2 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 182, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 2 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	182
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 2 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1952

Top 20 records on 2 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1952	Horton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Kundha (Kailkund), IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Sriperumbudur, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Ootacamund Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Goorambat, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Moa Island Mission, AU	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Watseka Public Works, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Manti, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Thursday Island Township, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Tiffin, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Ketty, IN	all-time rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Tuscola, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1952	Scipio, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	38 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1952. 1952 had 614 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 December 1952
Margin	Records
0 to 100	482
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1