Weather Records on 12 December 2010

1,501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 2010. Highest significance: Black Rvr Falls Sewage, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 2010

On 12 December 2010, 1,501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
359 were record highs and 356 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,426 daily.
Black Rvr Falls Sewage set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 12 December 2010.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,501 stations

1,501 station records on 12 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
St Peter	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wauna 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lingling	China	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mazama	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lamberton SW Rsch & Outreach C	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moranbah Water Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kremlin	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,501 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 259, Heaviest daily rainfall 378, Heaviest daily snowfall 259, Deepest snow cover 149.

Records on 12 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	259
Heaviest daily rainfall	378
Heaviest daily snowfall	259
Deepest snow cover	149

Records on 12 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 62, daily 1,426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,217 broken records

Margins by which the 1,217 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 2010

Top 20 records on 12 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 2010	Black Rvr Falls Sewage, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	St Peter, US	daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Waukon 3NNE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Winnebago, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	107 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	24.7 cm (9.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Anacortes, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Olga 2 SE, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Wauna 3 W, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	114 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Caledonia, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Jordan 1SSW, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Bloomer, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Two Rivers, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Winter, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2010	Grand Meadow, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2010	Wabasha, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2010	Theilman 1SSW, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2010	Ladysmith 3W, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	78 years	58 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2010. 2010 had 1,501 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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	1,008
50 to 100	130
100 to 150	45
150 to 200	15
200 to 250	14
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	4