Weather Records on 1 December 1985

3,874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1985. Highest significance: Cottonwood 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 1 December 1985

On 1 December 1985, 3,874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 1,661 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 175 monthly and 3,679 daily.
Cottonwood 2 E set a monthly record snow depth of 53.3 cm (21.0 in) on 1 December 1985.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 1 December 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Caldwell	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Merweville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hankinson	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ione 18 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
De Smet	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Selby	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jump Rvr 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whidbey Island NAS	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rhenostervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mooredale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trelleborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

3,874 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 868, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 793, Heaviest daily rainfall 764, Heaviest daily snowfall 494, Deepest snow cover 658.

Records on 1 December 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	868
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	793
Heaviest daily rainfall	764
Heaviest daily snowfall	494
Deepest snow cover	658

Records on 1 December 1985 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 175, daily 3,679.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

3,422 broken records

Margins by which the 3,422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1985

Top 20 records on 1 December 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1985	Cottonwood 2 E, US	monthly snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	53 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Manistique Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Bethesdaweg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Caldwell, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	79 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Merweville, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Grand View 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Two Harbors, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Wisconsin Rapids, US	monthly snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Petoskey, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Hankinson, US	monthly snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Prairie du Sac 2 N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Maple Plain, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Mobridge 2NNW, US	monthly snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	13 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Bloomer, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1985	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	20 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

1797 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1985. 1985 had 3,874 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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	3,103
100 to 200	256
200 to 300	43
300 to 400	17
400 to 500	3