Weather Records on 1 December 2011

947 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 2011. Highest significance: Augathella Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 1 December 2011

On 1 December 2011, 947 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 384 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 915 daily.
Augathella Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 1 December 2011.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

947 stations

947 station records on 1 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Davey (Melaleuca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
'S Heerenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cadzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Anna Jacoba Polder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Haamstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kortgene	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stavenisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brouwershaven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Epe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tholen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cundancito	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Op Zoom	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kloosterzande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Kruis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vrouwenpolder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westkapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Noordgouwe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dirksland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steenbergen (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Numansdorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schoondijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

947 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 318, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 1 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	318
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 1 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 26, daily 915.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

757 broken records

Margins by which the 757 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 2011

Top 20 records on 1 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 2011	Augathella Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	118 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2011	Port Davey (Melaleuca), AU	daily rain	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2011	Wilhelminadorp-1, NL	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2011	'S Heerenhoek, NL	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2011	Cadzand, NL	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2011	Eastbourne, GB	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2011	Anna Jacoba Polder, NL	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Kapelle, NL	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Middelburg, NL	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Haamstede, NL	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Wolphaartsdijk, NL	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Summit, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Kortgene, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Stavenisse, NL	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Barraba (Neranghi), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Ovezande, NL	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Wamsutter, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Mungallala, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2011	Gustavus, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	13 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2011. 2011 had 947 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 50	738
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2