Weather Records on 2 December 1965

496 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1965. Highest significance: Cressy, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1965

On 2 December 1965, 496 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 484 daily.
Cressy set a daily record precipitation of 90.7 mm (3.6 in) on 2 December 1965.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

496 stations

496 station records on 2 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boigbeat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Ettrick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Scamander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Guadalupe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	99.0 cm (39.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inverary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip (Marlbed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

496 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 371, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 2 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 2 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 510.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1965

Top 20 records on 2 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1965	Cressy, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1965	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Eddystone Point, AU	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Leslie Manor (Boolarra), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Boigbeat, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Coliban Upper, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Devonport Harbour Master, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Cathcart (Mount Darragh), AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Doctors Creek, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Camperdown (Ettrick), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	German Town, AU	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Upper Scamander, AU	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Frankford (Rossville), AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	San Juan de Guadalupe (Smn), MX	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1965	Alice Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	43 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1965. 1965 had 496 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 100	429
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1