Weather Records on 1 December 1972

843 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1972. Highest significance: Millungera Station, AU.

Key Facts for 1 December 1972

On 1 December 1972, 843 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 824 daily.
Millungera Station set a daily record precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 1 December 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

843 stations

843 station records on 1 December 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	44.2 cm (17.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithers A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelburne Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport River	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abisko	Sweden	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kananaskis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barretos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

843 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 223, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 1 December 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	223
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 1 December 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 824.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

705 broken records

Margins by which the 705 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1972

Top 20 records on 1 December 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1972	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1972	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Carway, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Carway, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Orono, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Katandra, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Jaborandi, BR	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Manchester, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Beechal, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Fort Macleod, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Farmington, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Millinocket, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Madison, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Toms River, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	West Bend, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Perryton, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Mannington 1 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Port Washington, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1972	Malboona, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	43 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1972. 1972 had 843 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	596
50 to 100	65
100 to 150	27
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2