Weather Records on 2 December 2012

1,265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2012. Highest significance: Ft Bidwell, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 2012

On 2 December 2012, 1,265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
924 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 74 monthly and 1,190 daily.
Ft Bidwell set a daily record precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 2 December 2012.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,265 stations

1,265 station records on 2 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Prairie Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dollarhide Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stickney Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buttonwillow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,265 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 422, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 502, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 2 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	422
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	502
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 2 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 74, daily 1,190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

962 broken records

Margins by which the 962 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2012

Top 20 records on 2 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2012	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	132 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Lodi, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Cedarville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Morgan Creek, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Lakeview Ridge, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Orenburg, RU	monthly high min	1.8 C (35.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Cedar Pass, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily high max	10.1 C (50.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Howard Prairie Dam, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Ojai, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Neosho, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Corsicana, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Dollarhide Summit, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily high max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	113 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2012	Zametchino, RU	daily high min	4.9 C (40.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	113 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 1,265 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 20	940
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1