Weather Records on 1 December 2012

1,027 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 2012. Highest significance: Friant Government Camp, US.

Key Facts for 1 December 2012

On 1 December 2012, 1,027 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
777 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 944 daily.
Friant Government Camp set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 1 December 2012.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,027 stations

1,027 station records on 1 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Refuge HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tekirdag	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ystad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Valley 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Izium	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kashi	China	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victorville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,027 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 291, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 486, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 1 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	291
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	486
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 1 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 83, daily 944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

789 broken records

Margins by which the 789 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 2012

Top 20 records on 1 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 2012	Friant Government Camp, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2012	Culpanovo, RU	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Nanning, CN	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Kwajalein, MH	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Nikolaev, UA	monthly high min	11.3 C (52.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	109 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Malheur Refuge HQ, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Nanping, CN	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Yongan, CN	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Santa Cruz, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	118 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Kamennaja-Step, RU	monthly high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Angleton 2 W, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	116 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Tekirdag, TR	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	San Felipe, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Haiwee, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Everett, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Napa State Hospital, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	118 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2012	Santa Barbara, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	87 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2012. 2012 had 1,027 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	770
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2