Weather Records on 2 December 1969

548 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1969. Highest significance: Aachen, DE.

Key Facts for 2 December 1969

On 2 December 1969, 548 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 539 daily.
Aachen set a daily record snow depth of 17.0 cm (6.7 in) on 2 December 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

548 stations

548 station records on 2 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hotham Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Trout Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.8 C (-30.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Archerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
The Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iron River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

548 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 2 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 2 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1969

Top 20 records on 2 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1969	Aachen, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Santa Rosalia (Dge), MX	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Chesterfield, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Hotham Heights, AU	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Regensburg, DE	daily low min	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Roldal, NO	daily snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Warburton, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1969	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Durham, CA	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Merton Weir Farm, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Serrinha, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Freiburg, DE	daily low min	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Lockport 2SE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Grangeville, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1969	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high max	37.6 C (99.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1969. 1969 had 548 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	446
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2