Weather Records on 2 December 1999

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1999. Highest significance: Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1999

On 2 December 1999, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 667 daily.
Cape Otway Lighthouse set a daily record high minimum temperature of 22.0 C (71.6 F) on 2 December 1999.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

706 stations

706 station records on 2 December 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wellpinit	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bute: Rothesay	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lough Navar Forest	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kielder Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grizedale	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itanhem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malham Tarn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keaau 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao Do Castelo (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tantalus 2 780.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calderones	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alwen	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palatka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Caimanera (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sasabe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castleford 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 211, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 2 December 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	211
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 2 December 1999 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 34, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1999

Top 20 records on 2 December 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1999	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Ruxton Park, US	monthly snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Wellpinit, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Bute: Rothesay, GB	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Bradford, GB	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Paonia 1SW, US	monthly high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Blackville 3 W, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Lough Navar Forest, GB	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Kielder Castle, GB	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Elkhorn, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Huautla, MX	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Marion, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	22.3 C (72.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall), IE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Waurika, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1999	Grizedale, GB	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	35 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1999. 1999 had 706 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 100	532
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1