Weather Records on 2 December 2011

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2011. Highest significance: Tuba City, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 2011

On 2 December 2011, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 280 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 706 daily.
Tuba City set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 2 December 2011.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

730 stations

730 station records on 2 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuba City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Joseph	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Show Low AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wahweap	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
House	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corral Viejo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jinnah Intl	Pakistan	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winston	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Whitestone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Charleston Fire STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Badiraguato (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lauchapan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Chicharras	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chilil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 202, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 2 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	202
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 2 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2011

Top 20 records on 2 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2011	Tuba City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	113 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2011	Mount Joseph, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2011	Wamsutter, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Brooweena Lahey St, AU	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	113 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	West Souburg, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Show Low AP, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Wahweap, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	House, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Walnut Creek, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	White Signal, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Otis, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Lake Manchester, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	119 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Calistoga, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Kelly Rch, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Snowflake, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Putbus, DE	daily high max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	134 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2011	Corral Viejo, PR	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	41 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 730 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	534
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1