Weather Records on 6 December 1982

1,277 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1982. Highest significance: Boone, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1982

On 6 December 1982, 1,277 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
747 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 131 monthly and 1,145 daily.
Boone set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 6 December 1982.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,277 stations

1,277 station records on 6 December 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lerik	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Granja	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Celestun (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Harmony, Rich	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mamogaleskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,277 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 430, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 317, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 6 December 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	430
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	317
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 6 December 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 131, daily 1,145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,054 broken records

Margins by which the 1,054 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1982

Top 20 records on 6 December 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1982	Boone, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1982	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1982	Sparta, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1982	Dumont, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Wapello, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Cape May 2 NW, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Lerik, AZ	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Keble, ZA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Setauket Strong, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Middletown 2 NW, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	College Park, US	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Kanawha, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Camperdown, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	Waupaca, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec I, MX	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1982	La Granja, MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	43 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

1804 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1982. 1982 had 1,277 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	987
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2