Weather Records on 11 December 1971

900 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1971. Highest significance: Bond Springs Homestead, AU.

Key Facts for 11 December 1971

On 11 December 1971, 900 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
595 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 852 daily.
Bond Springs Homestead set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 11 December 1971.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

900 stations

900 station records on 11 December 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zilverhout	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Trout Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rhebokskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

900 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 352, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 11 December 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	352
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 11 December 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 852.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

724 broken records

Margins by which the 724 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1971

Top 20 records on 11 December 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1971	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Hale Loud Dam, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Harrison 1 NNW, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Zoetendals Vallei, ZA	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Alma, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Hughenden Station, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	E Tawas, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Ellendale, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Kankakee 3 SW, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Atlanta 5 WNW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Grayling, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Union, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Morgan, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Keremeos, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1971	Baldwin, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	71 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 900 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	688
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1