Weather Records on 6 December 2010

1,364 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 2010. Highest significance: Balmoral (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 2010

On 6 December 2010, 1,364 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 537 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,315 daily.
Balmoral (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 6 December 2010.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,364 stations

1,364 station records on 6 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kreis Biberach Altheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Showgrounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Furner (Kennion Section 235)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coojar (Killara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wutoschingen-Ofteringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uberlingen/Bodensee	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Parliament House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waldsassen	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record low maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,364 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 274, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 263, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 278.

Records on 6 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	274
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	263
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	278

Records on 6 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 44, daily 1,315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,055 broken records

Margins by which the 1,055 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

6 December 2010

Top 20 records on 6 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 2010	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2010	Merino, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2010	Ulm, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2010	Erfde, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2010	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2010	Gympie, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2010	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Nelson, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Augsburg, DE	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Weiser, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Point Pass, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Basel-Mulhouse, FR	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Sigmaringen-Laiz, DE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Boos, DE	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Jeremiah 1 S, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2010	Kreis Biberach Altheim, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	23 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

1804 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2010. 2010 had 1,364 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	957
50 to 100	75
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1