Weather Records on 2 December 2010

1,602 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2010. Highest significance: Bodalla Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 2010

On 2 December 2010, 1,602 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 804 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,542 daily.
Bodalla Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 2 December 2010.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,602 stations

1,602 station records on 2 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woolbrook (Danglemah Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora (Cooinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rollands Plains (Greenac	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eungai Creek (Southbank Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Green Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Blanchards Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Downsville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown (South Para Reser	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ystad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gwabegar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,602 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 396, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 408, Heaviest daily rainfall 345, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 242.

Records on 2 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	396
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	408
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	242

Records on 2 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 58, daily 1,542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,368 broken records

Margins by which the 1,368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2010

Top 20 records on 2 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2010	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2010	Weiser, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	91 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2010	Canberra Forestry, AU	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2010	Sedan, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2010	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	85 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2010	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	119 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2010	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Woolbrook (Danglemah Road), AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	116 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Murray Bridge (Tepko), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Payette, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Billings Wtp, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St), AU	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	118 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Nowendoc (Beaufort), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Cordalba Store, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2010	Jefferson 2 E, US	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	104 years	53 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2010. 2010 had 1,602 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	1,250
50 to 100	73
100 to 150	29
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1