Weather Records on 2 December 1966

1,117 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1966. Highest significance: Razole(Rajole), IN.

Key Facts for 2 December 1966

On 2 December 1966, 1,117 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 423 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,079 daily.
Razole(Rajole) set a daily record precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 2 December 1966.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,117 stations

1,117 station records on 2 December 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Watson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Semenovka	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kindsi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tharsa	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Medchel	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pariat	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bori	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nundroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingoonya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Lake Everard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koomooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Denial Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medak	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bharno	India	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chhuikhadan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hughes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wynbring Siding (Tar 377 Mile)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Mulgathing)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,117 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 302, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 491, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 2 December 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	302
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	491
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 2 December 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 1,079.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

977 broken records

Margins by which the 977 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1966

Top 20 records on 2 December 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1966	Razole(Rajole), IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Dhamtari, IN	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Daltonganj, IN	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Arang, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Asola, IN	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Watson, AU	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Holalkhere, IN	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Ghorajheri, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Semenovka, AM	monthly rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Kindsi, IN	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1966	Tharsa, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1966	Medchel, IN	monthly rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1966	Amalapuram, IN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1966	Nagpur (Mayo Hospit, IN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1966	Cook, AU	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1966	Mahasamund, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1966	Deakin, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1966	Penong, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 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

1797 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1966. 1966 had 1,117 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 50	941
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1