Weather Records on 6 December 1997

953 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1997. Highest significance: Laguna Beach, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1997

On 6 December 1997, 953 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 271 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 913 daily.
Laguna Beach set an all-time record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 6 December 1997.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

953 stations

953 station records on 6 December 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
El Toro MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tustin McAf	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harare (Kutsaga)	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vincent Fs Fc 120	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palos Verdes Es Fc43D	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Socorro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Agustin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kinlochewe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Katoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Las Palmas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
North Star Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salsipuedes Gaging STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willows Gemfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiltaba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (the Prairies)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Borja	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ensenada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

953 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 360, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 6 December 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 6 December 1997 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 31, daily 913.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1997

Top 20 records on 6 December 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1997	Laguna Beach, US	all-time rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	El Toro MCAS, US	all-time rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Newport Beach Harbor, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Fairmont, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	86 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Tustin McAf, US	all-time rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Harare (Kutsaga), ZW	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	San Vicente, MX	all-time rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Lebec, US	all-time rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1997	Vincent Fs Fc 120, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1997	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	all-time rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1997	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1997	Gibraltar Dam #2, US	daily rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1997	Mokpo, KR	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1997	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1997	Presa la Angostura, MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1997	Torrance AP, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1997	Lansdowne Station, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	50 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

1804 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1997. 1997 had 953 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	685
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1