Weather Records on 2 December 1993

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1993. Highest significance: Fulton, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1993

On 2 December 1993, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 177 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 605 daily.
Fulton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 164.6 mm (6.5 in) on 2 December 1993.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

632 stations

632 station records on 2 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Krivoj_Rog	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dzankoj	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Casillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manubie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zuur Anys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berthold	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boxelder 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Volochanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saskylah	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Las Pocitas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 2 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 2 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

515 broken records

Margins by which the 515 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1993

Top 20 records on 2 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1993	Fulton, US	monthly rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	64 years	79 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1993	Ardmore, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1993	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1993	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1993	Krivoj_Rog, UA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1993	Dzankoj, UA	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1993	Casillas, MX	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1993	Cape St. Francis, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1993	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Dekalb, US	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Seymour 3NW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Manubie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Kosrae, FM	daily rain	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Tanegashima, JP	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Uitenhage, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Sanderson, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1993	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	103 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

1797 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1993. 1993 had 632 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	491
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1