Weather Records on 4 December 2011

1,252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 2011. Highest significance: Gilman, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 2011

On 4 December 2011, 1,252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
299 were record highs and 328 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,219 daily.
Gilman set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 4 December 2011.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,252 stations

1,252 station records on 4 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	64 of 100 (Major)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grundau-Breitenborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Coleman	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lautertal-Oberlauter	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alps	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rollbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Durkheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kitzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hofheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Howells	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mallapunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ruppertsecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zonia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,252 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 173, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 440, Heaviest daily snowfall 136, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 4 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	173
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	440
Heaviest daily snowfall	136
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 4 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 1,219.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,022 broken records

Margins by which the 1,022 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 2011

Top 20 records on 4 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 2011	Gilman, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 December 2011	Elida, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	96 years	75 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2011	Barrow AP, US	monthly snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2011	Lajas Substn, PR	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2011	McGrath AP, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2011	Grundau-Breitenborn, DE	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2011	Coleman, DE	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Hughenden Station, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Crowfels Station, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Lautertal-Oberlauter, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Glen Alps, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Gollhofen, DE	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Marienberg, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Ft Worth NAS, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Helen Springs, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Bad-Sohl Elster, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Kanawha, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Elida, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2011	Rollbach, DE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 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

1796 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2011. 2011 had 1,252 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	950
50 to 100	48
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1