Weather Records on 7 December 2011

1,507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 2011. Highest significance: Kitlane, AU.

Key Facts for 7 December 2011

On 7 December 2011, 1,507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
325 were record highs and 548 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 80 monthly and 1,423 daily.
Kitlane set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.2 mm (3.6 in) on 7 December 2011.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

1,507 stations

1,507 station records on 7 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kitlane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Baandee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Muchea Tree Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	110.1 mm (4.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lake Grace Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Doodlakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mount Walker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Malyalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Karlgarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beacon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hyden North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Narrogin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Swanara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Allan Rocks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mordetta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Redwing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rushy Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burracoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Graham Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Booralee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kondinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swan View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Southend Curtis Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,507 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 264, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 284, Heaviest daily rainfall 479, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 89.

Records on 7 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	264
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	284
Heaviest daily rainfall	479
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	89

Records on 7 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 80, daily 1,423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,240 broken records

Margins by which the 1,240 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

7 December 2011

Top 20 records on 7 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 2011	Kitlane, AU	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	97 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 December 2011	Baandee North, AU	monthly rain	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 December 2011	Trayning, AU	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 December 2011	Muchea Tree Farm, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	110.1 mm (4.3 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	104 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Belka, AU	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Lake Grace Comparison, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Kellerberrin, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Doodlakine, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Meckering, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Nungarin, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Mount Walker, AU	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Malyalling, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Dowerin, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Karlgarin, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Pearce Raaf, AU	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Beacon, AU	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Hyden North, AU	monthly rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Narrogin, AU	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2011	Swanara, AU	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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

1801 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2011. 2011 had 1,507 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

Download the Data

Data for records on 2011-12-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	1,072
25 to 50	114
50 to 75	33
75 to 100	11
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2