Weather Records on 4 December 2001

974 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 2001. Highest significance: Westbourne, AU.

Key Facts for 4 December 2001

On 4 December 2001, 974 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
571 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 901 daily.
Westbourne set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 4 December 2001.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

974 stations

974 station records on 4 December 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newbicup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tamaru	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wonnenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dardanup East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yornup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Gully Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barrett Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Thirlmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marriwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milyunup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Perillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bokerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yanmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Won Wron Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taripta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

974 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 356, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 4 December 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	356
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 4 December 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 73, daily 901.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

784 broken records

Margins by which the 784 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 2001

Top 20 records on 4 December 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 2001	Westbourne, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Woodburn, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	The Warriups, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Donnybrook, AU	monthly rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Tamar, AU	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Albany, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Boyup Brook, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Kendenup, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Newbicup, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Tamaru, AU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Bangalup, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Manjimup, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Wonnenup, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Arundel, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2001	Dardanup East, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2001. 2001 had 974 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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Data for records on 2001-12-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	752
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1