Weather Records on 10 December 1976

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1976. Highest significance: Louisa Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 10 December 1976

On 10 December 1976, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 366 daily.
Louisa Downs set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 10 December 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 10 December 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Louisa Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kinuso Rs	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gouvea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Surprise Store	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Resplendor-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St John's A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Segovia (Mariano Quintanilla)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Covelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Urandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tavira	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lagoa Clara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guanambi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stettler	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 10 December 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 10 December 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1976

Top 20 records on 10 December 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1976	Louisa Downs, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Juarez, MX	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Kinuso Rs, CA	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high min	20.4 C (68.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Baddeck, CA	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Zaaiplaats, ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	24.5 C (76.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Ulan-Ude, RU	daily high min	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Farmington, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1976	Gouvea, BR	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1976	Ocean Falls, CA	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1976	Pembina, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1976	Surprise Store, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1976	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1976	Orono, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1976	Resplendor-Jusante, BR	monthly rain	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1976	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 376 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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 20	265
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1