Weather Records on 3 December 1952

242 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1952. Highest significance: Horton, US.

Key Facts for 3 December 1952

On 3 December 1952, 242 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 238 daily.
Horton set a daily record snow depth of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 3 December 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

242 stations

242 station records on 3 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	129.0 cm (50.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.5 C (-40.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tinkurrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

242 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 3 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 3 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1952

Top 20 records on 3 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1952	Horton, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1952	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1952	Pawnee City, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1952	Quakertown, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1952	Goodwood Rail STN, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1952	Irwin 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1952	Paterson, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Koster (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Murray Island, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Layton 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Maryville 2E, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	129.0 cm (50.8 in)	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Lake Spaulding, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1952	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 242 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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	160
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1