Weather Records on 10 December 2002

1,030 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 2002. Highest significance: Melbourne WFO, US.

Key Facts for 10 December 2002

On 10 December 2002, 1,030 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 616 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 998 daily.
Melbourne WFO set a monthly record daily precipitation of 172.0 mm (6.8 in) on 10 December 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,030 stations

1,030 station records on 10 December 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Doondi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miami WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.2 C (-31.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homeleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Suhokumsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzilam de Bravo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Derbent	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,030 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 374, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 242, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 67.

Records on 10 December 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	374
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	242
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	67

Records on 10 December 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 998.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

899 broken records

Margins by which the 899 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 2002

Top 20 records on 10 December 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 2002	Melbourne WFO, US	monthly rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2002	Doondi, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2002	Desoto City 8 SW, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2002	Blackville Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	106 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2002	Potchefstroom, ZA	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Boonah Stark Ave, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Devils Garden, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Lankaran, AZ	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Agalega, MU	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Turallin, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Clermont 9 S, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Miami WSO City, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	122 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Timovskoe, RU	daily low max	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Winter Haven, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Mahackala, RU	daily low max	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2002	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	85 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2002. 2002 had 1,030 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	814
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2