Weather Records on 2 December 1972

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1972. Highest significance: Parry Sound, CA.

Key Facts for 2 December 1972

On 2 December 1972, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 532 daily.
Parry Sound set a daily record snowfall of 29.2 cm (11.5 in) on 2 December 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 2 December 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hopedale (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hopedale (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Ephrem	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roy 8 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helena 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oka	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 2 December 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 2 December 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

455 broken records

Margins by which the 455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1972

Top 20 records on 2 December 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1972	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	New England, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Conrad, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Hopedale (Aut), CA	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	22.3 cm (8.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Karesuando, SE	daily snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Chelsea, CA	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Tacambaro, MX	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Hopedale (Aut), CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Ariri, BR	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Valier, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Linton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Kalaupapa 563, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Hatfield, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	St Ephrem, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Blackleaf, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Lustre 4 NNW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1972	Lambton, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	55 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1972. 1972 had 547 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	404
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1