Weather Records on 6 December 2011

1,327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 2011. Highest significance: Urbana Wrf, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 2011

On 6 December 2011, 1,327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 660 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,290 daily.
Urbana Wrf set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 6 December 2011.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,327 stations

1,327 station records on 6 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Narembeen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
House	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Ulinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
House	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Camm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bravo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw Markland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bendering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Valley Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galion Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Hap Cremean Wp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nokaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ozone	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Twee Rivieren	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,327 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 348, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 312, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 77.

Records on 6 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	348
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	312
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	77

Records on 6 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 1,290.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,099 broken records

Margins by which the 1,099 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 2011

Top 20 records on 6 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 2011	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2011	Narembeen, AU	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2011	Gundare, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2011	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2011	Dynevor Downs, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2011	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2011	Bruce Rock, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Marradong, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	House, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Marysville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	London State Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Garah (Ulinga), AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Wannamal, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Millston, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Listowel Downs, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	House, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2011	Borden, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	50 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2011. 2011 had 1,327 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 2026-10-16 (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 25	990
25 to 50	78
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1