Weather Records on 1 December 1971

574 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1971. Highest significance: Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA.

Key Facts for 1 December 1971

On 1 December 1971, 574 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 565 daily.
Premier Mine-Cullinan set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 1 December 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

574 stations

574 station records on 1 December 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mallow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brakpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tsabong	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Witwater (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Susquehanna	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Legkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

574 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 1 December 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 1 December 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 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

1 December 1971

Top 20 records on 1 December 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1971	Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Melrose, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Cape St James, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Nicosia, CY	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Trekpad, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Santa Rosa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Brakpan (Mun), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry, ZA	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Campbell (Mun), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Paardekopplaas, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Kljuchi, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Mallow, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Cherokee 4W, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Brakpan, ZA	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Freeland, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1971	Tsabong, BW	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	36 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1971. 1971 had 574 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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	460
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2