Weather Records on 2 December 1974

1,019 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1974. Highest significance: Pontiac Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1974

On 2 December 1974, 1,019 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 267 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 954 daily.
Pontiac Wwtp set an all-time record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 2 December 1974.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,019 stations

1,019 station records on 2 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Millersburg	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kearneysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,019 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 376, Heaviest daily snowfall 138, Deepest snow cover 112.

Records on 2 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	376
Heaviest daily snowfall	138
Deepest snow cover	112

Records on 2 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 57, daily 954.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

873 broken records

Margins by which the 873 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 312.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1974

Top 20 records on 2 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1974	Pontiac Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 December 1974	Wooster Exp STN, US	all-time snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 December 1974	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Millport 4 NE, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Tiffin, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Chippewa Lake, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Buffalo Mills, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Millersburg, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Millersburg, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Hiram, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1974	Toms River, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1974	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1974	Port Dalhousie, CA	monthly snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	97 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1974	Ndumu, ZA	daily rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1974	Acmetonia Lock 3, US	daily snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1974	Wardensville R M Farm, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	58 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1974. 1974 had 1,019 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	745
50 to 100	78
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	6
300 to 350	5