Weather Records on 1 December 1993

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1993. Highest significance: Edgeley 3WNW, US.

Key Facts for 1 December 1993

On 1 December 1993, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 558 daily.
Edgeley 3WNW set a monthly record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 1 December 1993.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 1 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Akjoujt	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berthold	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hatanga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teocaltiche (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gudermes	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Moure	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oslo Blindern	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Lucena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville Cooper Dr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 86.

Records on 1 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	86

Records on 1 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 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

1 December 1993

Top 20 records on 1 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1993	Edgeley 3WNW, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	monthly snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1993	Akjoujt, MR	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Kagoshima, JP	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Pettibone, US	monthly snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Majuro Wbas AP, MH	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Man, CI	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Lowman, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Garrison, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Wallowa, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Fergus Falls, US	monthly snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Elgin, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Chuuk WSO AP, FM	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Berthold, US	monthly snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1993	Little Falls Mill St, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	41 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1993. 1993 had 597 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 50	450
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2