Weather Records on 2 December 1981

739 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1981. Highest significance: Machias, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1981

On 2 December 1981, 739 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 718 daily.
Machias set a daily record precipitation of 88.6 mm (3.5 in) on 2 December 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

739 stations

739 station records on 2 December 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	160.1 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pereque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Monte Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mongagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Elzear de Bonaventure	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta da Praia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lumsden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miramichi A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Round Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palm 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laranja da Terra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

739 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 330, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 82.

Records on 2 December 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	330
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	82

Records on 2 December 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 718.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1981

Top 20 records on 2 December 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1981	Machias, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1981	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1981	Hatteras, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1981	Trang, TH	monthly rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Eastport, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	New Salem, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Willmar, CA	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Tifton, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Fazenda Fortaleza, BR	daily rain	160.1 mm (6.3 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Saint John A, CA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Francis, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Belfast, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Alma, CA	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1981	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	92 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1981. 1981 had 739 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	594
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1