Weather Records on 2 December 1990

616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1990. Highest significance: Gaddede, SE.

Key Facts for 2 December 1990

On 2 December 1990, 616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
222 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 567 daily.
Gaddede set an all-time record daily precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 2 December 1990.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

616 stations

616 station records on 2 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sorli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trangmon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Munsvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Korsselbranna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bangdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Songli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lijing	China	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avasjo-Borgafjall_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

616 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 2 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 2 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 46, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1990

Top 20 records on 2 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1990	Gaddede, SE	all-time rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 December 1990	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1990	Tunnsjo, NO	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1990	Sorli, NO	monthly rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Jormlien, SE	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Dillingham FAA AP, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Francistown, BW	daily rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Trangmon, SE	monthly rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Munsvattnet, SE	monthly rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Mexico, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	14.7 C (58.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Klimpfjall, SE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Lakeside, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Dal, SE	monthly rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Lavik, NO	daily rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Korsselbranna, SE	monthly rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1990	Bangdalen, NO	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	22 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1990. 1990 had 616 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	475
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1