Weather Records on 2 December 2009

1,013 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2009. Highest significance: Rosedale Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 2009

On 2 December 2009, 1,013 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
363 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 950 daily.
Rosedale Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 120.0 mm (4.7 in) on 2 December 2009.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,013 stations

1,013 station records on 2 December 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Augusta Bush Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crestview FAA/AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Panama City 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada 9SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Chivela	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hightower	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stewart	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dauphin Is #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Opelika	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,013 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 2 December 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 2 December 2009 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 63, daily 950.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

837 broken records

Margins by which the 837 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2009

Top 20 records on 2 December 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2009	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	103 years	77 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2009	Wewahitchka, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	107 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2009	Elida, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2009	Augusta Bush Fld AP, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2009	Hamlin 1SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Whiting Fld NAS, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Brewton 3 SSE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Chipley, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Baytown, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Charleston Intl AP, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Columbus Metro AP, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Crestview FAA/AP, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Beaufort MCAS, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	110 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Martinsville Fltr Plt, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Athens Ben Epps AP, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Valdosta Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Panama City 5N, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Savannah Intl AP, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2009	Greer, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2009. 2009 had 1,013 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	797
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1