Weather Records on 2 December 1991

1,970 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1991. Highest significance: Lexington Bluegrass AP, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1991

On 2 December 1991, 1,970 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
768 were record highs and 556 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 182 monthly and 1,784 daily.
Lexington Bluegrass AP set a daily record precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 2 December 1991.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,970 stations

1,970 station records on 2 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hodges	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oconaluftee	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Mina 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton Valley 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shamakhy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jerusalem Central	Israel	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wiscoy 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,970 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 272, Highest daily minimum 483, Lowest daily minimum 284, Heaviest daily rainfall 499, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 2 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	272
Highest daily minimum	483
Lowest daily minimum	284
Heaviest daily rainfall	499
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 2 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 182, daily 1,784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,593 broken records

Margins by which the 1,593 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

2 December 1991

Top 20 records on 2 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1991	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	New Stanton 1 SW, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Haleyville, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Kingston, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Upper Tract, US	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1991	Monteagle, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1991	Grenada, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1991	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1991	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1991	Flemingsburg 2 N, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1991	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1991	Hodges, US	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	22 years	51 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1991. 1991 had 1,970 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	1,522
50 to 100	58
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2