Weather Records on 6 December 1966

1,013 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1966. Highest significance: Scipio, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1966

On 6 December 1966, 1,013 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
411 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 130 monthly and 869 daily.
Scipio set an all-time record daily precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 6 December 1966.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,013 stations

1,013 station records on 6 December 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scipio	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Minersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Moroni	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Angiola	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Giant Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	327.7 mm (12.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Piute Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Birdseye	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Birdseye	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aspen	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Squirrel Inn 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,013 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 339, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 496, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 6 December 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	339
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	496
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 6 December 1966 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 130, daily 869.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

879 broken records

Margins by which the 879 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1966

Top 20 records on 6 December 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1966	Scipio, US	all-time rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Independence, US	all-time rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Paso Robles, US	all-time rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Three Rivers Ed Ph 2, US	all-time rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Alton, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Minersville, US	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Moroni, US	all-time rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Orderville, US	all-time rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Sinnar, IN	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Lindsay, US	all-time rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Mill Creek 2, US	all-time rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Pagosa Springs 1SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Junnar, IN	monthly rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Meeker, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Levan, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Haiwee, US	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Visalia, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	Newaygo Hardy Dam, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1966	St Thomas, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1966	Ames, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	59 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

1804 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1966. 1966 had 1,013 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	830
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1