Weather Records on 10 December 1993

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1993. Highest significance: Melrose, AU.

Key Facts for 10 December 1993

On 10 December 1993, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
486 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 719 daily.
Melrose set a monthly record daily precipitation of 142.2 mm (5.6 in) on 10 December 1993.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 10 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mosteiro Itaporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Subauma	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carandai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grayland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brinard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cotswold Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Golondrinas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campina Do Monte Alegre An/Ces	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tereza Cristina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 318, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 10 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	318
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 10 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

573 broken records

Margins by which the 573 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

10 December 1993

Top 20 records on 10 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1993	Melrose, AU	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1993	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1993	Ascencion (Smn), MX	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1993	Port Townsend, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Everett, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Mae Sot, TH	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Girua, BR	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Mosteiro Itaporanga, BR	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Garrison, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Maxwelton Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Baratria, AU	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Orleans, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Subauma, BR	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1993	Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	39 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

1796 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 754 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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	559
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1