Weather Records on 2 December 1975

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1975. Highest significance: Blyth, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1975

On 2 December 1975, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 680 daily.
Blyth set a daily record precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 2 December 1975.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 2 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotsford A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frykfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stjarnfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Metchosin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kristinehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kasa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodocongo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Melo Peixoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Svarta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Acopiara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnambool (Kulwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 2 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 2 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 680.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

611 broken records

Margins by which the 611 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1975

Top 20 records on 2 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1975	Blyth, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1975	Olga 2 SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1975	Red Rvr, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Lake Cle Elum, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Beaverlodge Cda, CA	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Varberg, SE	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	monthly rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Gothenburg, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Cle Elum, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Oakdale, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Abbotsford A, CA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Frykfors, SE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Stjarnfors, SE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Virden, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1975	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	42 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 721 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 100	590
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1