Weather Records on 11 December 1996

1,307 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1996. Highest significance: Coloso, PR.

Key Facts for 11 December 1996

On 11 December 1996, 1,307 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
830 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,271 daily.
Coloso set a daily record low maximum temperature of 22.8 C (73.0 F) on 11 December 1996.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,307 stations

1,307 station records on 11 December 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodworth 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iawakia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Margarita Boost	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conjuboy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guaira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-50.0 C (-58.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnarn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,307 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 364, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 466, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 86.

Records on 11 December 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	364
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	466
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	86

Records on 11 December 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 1,271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,033 broken records

Margins by which the 1,033 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1996

Top 20 records on 11 December 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1996	Coloso, PR	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Laguna Beach, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Orderville, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Deer Creek Dam, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Friant Government Camp, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Woodworth 3NE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Iawakia, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Gardner, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Torrance AP, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Snowflake, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Grant Grove, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Fulton 3 W, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Inorunie Station, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1996	Fruitland, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	42 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1996. 1996 had 1,307 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	1,006
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1