Weather Records on 1 December 1975

1,007 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1975. Highest significance: Buxton, GB.

Key Facts for 1 December 1975

On 1 December 1975, 1,007 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 974 daily.
Buxton set a daily record precipitation of 60.8 mm (2.4 in) on 1 December 1975.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,007 stations

1,007 station records on 1 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clyde A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tekoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tidewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Brejo Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,007 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 223, Heaviest daily rainfall 330, Heaviest daily snowfall 81, Deepest snow cover 79.

Records on 1 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	223
Heaviest daily rainfall	330
Heaviest daily snowfall	81
Deepest snow cover	79

Records on 1 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 974.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

822 broken records

Margins by which the 822 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1975

Top 20 records on 1 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1975	Buxton, GB	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1975	Hull, GB	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1975	Evergreen, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1975	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1975	Clyde A, CA	monthly snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Cottonwood, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Onaway 4N, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Cle Elum, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Superior, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Cheboygan, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Orofino, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Cambridge, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Union, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Oakdale, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Drain, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Greenwater, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Rainer Ohanapecosh, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1975	Stave Falls, CA	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	48 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1975. 1975 had 1,007 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	730
50 to 100	45
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	5
350 to 400	1