Weather Records on 7 December 1994

1,772 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1994. Highest significance: Creighton, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 1994

On 7 December 1994, 1,772 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
687 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 1,687 daily.
Creighton set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 7 December 1994.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

1,772 stations

1,772 station records on 7 December 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Sac City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Barril	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Azul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leon 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pararangaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Belo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,772 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 301, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 386, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 581, Heaviest daily snowfall 305, Deepest snow cover 129.

Records on 7 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	301
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	386
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	581
Heaviest daily snowfall	305
Deepest snow cover	129

Records on 7 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 83, daily 1,687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,426 broken records

Margins by which the 1,426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1994

Top 20 records on 7 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1994	Creighton, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	100 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1994	Horton, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1994	Sac City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	69 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1994	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1994	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1994	Downing, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1994	Gilman, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Galena, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Roundup, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Hickman, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Flint Fcwos, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Aledo, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Mt Carroll, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Wapello, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Natoma, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	El Barril, MX	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Harlan, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1994	Boone, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 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

1801 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1994. 1994 had 1,772 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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 100	1,350
100 to 200	67
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1