Weather Records on 11 December 1994

1,243 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1994. Highest significance: Penicuik, GB.

Key Facts for 11 December 1994

On 11 December 1994, 1,243 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
797 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,172 daily.
Penicuik set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 11 December 1994.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,243 stations

1,243 station records on 11 December 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penicuik	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Termo 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bute: Rothesay	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth Bridge	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpa de Mendez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Auchincruive	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bargara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,243 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 406, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 391, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 11 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	406
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	391
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 11 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 70, daily 1,172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,066 broken records

Margins by which the 1,066 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

11 December 1994

Top 20 records on 11 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1994	Penicuik, GB	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Termo 1 E, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Dinghai, CN	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Izeleni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Bute: Rothesay, GB	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Salem, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Belfast, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Galway, IE	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	132 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Blyth Bridge, GB	monthly rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Dorset, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1994	Armagh, GB	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 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

1796 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1994. 1994 had 1,243 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	1,050
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1