Weather Records on 4 December 1977

654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1977. Highest significance: Saratow, RU.

Key Facts for 4 December 1977

On 4 December 1977, 654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 617 daily.
Saratow set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.4 mm (1.2 in) on 4 December 1977.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

654 stations

654 station records on 4 December 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Penapolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda N.S.Aparecida	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Max	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Epping	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

654 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 4 December 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 4 December 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1977

Top 20 records on 4 December 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1977	Saratow, RU	monthly rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Mayville, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Semjachik, RU	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Penapolis, BR	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Sidney, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Wilton, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Leroy 5 WSW, US	monthly high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Velva, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Georgetown, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Green Bay, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Bowman, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Fazenda N.S.Aparecida, BR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Sharon Springs, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Kula Sanatorium 267, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Cedarville, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1977	Bowbells, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	64 years	35 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

1796 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1977. 1977 had 654 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	457
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1