Weather Records on 7 December 1952

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1952. Highest significance: Villupuram, IN.

Key Facts for 7 December 1952

On 7 December 1952, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 438 daily.
Villupuram set a monthly record daily precipitation of 281.9 mm (11.1 in) on 7 December 1952.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 7 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukoilur	India	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	325.1 mm (12.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Papanasam	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talent	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	168.0 cm (66.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 7 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 7 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 438.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 680.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1952

Top 20 records on 7 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1952	Villupuram, IN	monthly rain	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1952	Lalgudi, IN	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Vacaville, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Atlanta 1 E, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Tirukkattupalli, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Chidambaram, IN	daily rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Udayalipatti, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Tiruvaiyaru, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Vallam, IN	monthly rain	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Saint Helena, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Mannargudi, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Cloverdale, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Tirukoilur, IN	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Chettikulam, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Hailey 3 NNW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Canyon Dam, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Lakeport, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1952	Lodi, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 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

1801 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1952. 1952 had 447 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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Data for records on 1952-12-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 100	394
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1