Weather Records on 11 December 1952

923 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1952. Highest significance: Mandya, IN.

Key Facts for 11 December 1952

On 11 December 1952, 923 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 897 daily.
Mandya set an all-time record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 11 December 1952.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

923 stations

923 station records on 11 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rifton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hoult Lock 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

923 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 698, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 11 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	698
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 11 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

862 broken records

Margins by which the 862 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1952

Top 20 records on 11 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1952	Mandya, IN	all-time rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1952	Le Roy, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1952	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1952	Lowville, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1952	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1952	Rocky Hall Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Dutson, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Quakertown, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Alfred, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Salisbury, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Spier Falls, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Jammalamadugu, IN	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Belvidere, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Auburn, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	E Stroudsburg, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Corning, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1952	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	55 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

1796 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1952. 1952 had 923 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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Data for records on 1952-12-11: 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	859
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1