Weather Records on 4 December 1967

428 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1967. Highest significance: Saint John, CA.

Key Facts for 4 December 1967

On 4 December 1967, 428 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 407 daily.
Saint John set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 4 December 1967.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

428 stations

428 station records on 4 December 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Samtredia	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	69.9 cm (27.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broadholm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clouds Creek State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	51.3 cm (20.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rannes Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Five Mile Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Langley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

428 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 4 December 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 4 December 1967 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1967

Top 20 records on 4 December 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1967	Saint John, CA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1967	Machias, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Samtredia, GE	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Amsterdam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Woodland, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Rexton, CA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Sussex, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Rexton, CA	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Annapolis Royal, CA	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Springfield, CA	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Jhunjhunu, IN	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	St Andrews, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1967	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	40 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1967. 1967 had 428 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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 20	311
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1