Weather Records on 2 December 1959

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1959. Highest significance: Marvel Loch, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1959

On 2 December 1959, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 404 daily.
Marvel Loch set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 2 December 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 2 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marvel Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Excelsior (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tara Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 2 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

342 broken records

Margins by which the 342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1959

Top 20 records on 2 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1959	Marvel Loch, AU	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1959	Baindur, IN	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1959	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Forest Hill, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Coominya Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly low min	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Amcor - Petrie Mill, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Puttur, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Hattonvale Store, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Kia Ora Sandy Ridges, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Emu Creek, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1959	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	64 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1959. 1959 had 412 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	228
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	37
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1