Weather Records on 2 December 1997

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1997. Highest significance: Villanueva, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1997

On 2 December 1997, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 789 daily.
Villanueva set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 2 December 1997.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 2 December 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Villanueva	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Querfurt-Muhle Lodersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Horcones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.3 C (-33.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad-Airport	Sweden	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savage River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocate 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.8 C (-30.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auke Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redpa (Greenes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fence Lake	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
House	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Togari (Renison Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Igarapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Despoblado	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tehuantepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Epenarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 2 December 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 2 December 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

662 broken records

Margins by which the 662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1997

Top 20 records on 2 December 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1997	Villanueva, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1997	Quanbun Downs, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Karlstad, SE	daily snow depth	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Eagle, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Roy, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Querfurt-Muhle Lodersleben, DE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Gustavus, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	McCracken, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Presque Isle, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Estancia 4N, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Ellenburg Depot, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Niigata, JP	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Juneau AP, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Horcones, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-36.3 C (-33.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Kenton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Richmond, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low max	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1997	Ft Kent, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	40 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

1797 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1997. 1997 had 816 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	615
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2