Weather Records on 10 December 2012

825 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 2012. Highest significance: Karara, AU.

Key Facts for 10 December 2012

On 10 December 2012, 825 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 811 daily.
Karara set a daily record precipitation of 28.6 mm (1.1 in) on 10 December 2012.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

825 stations

825 station records on 10 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wongan Hills Res.Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mount Padbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nindethana Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
U of Mn St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Katoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Miling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yalleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jingemarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog (Leawood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wright 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Varna	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

825 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 117, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 10 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	117
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 10 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 811.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 206.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 2012

Top 20 records on 10 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 2012	Karara, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Wongan Hills Res.Station, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Mount Padbury, AU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Uman, UA	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Nindethana Farm, AU	monthly rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Elk Rvr, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	102 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Baldwin, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 2012	Koobabbie, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2012	Forest Lake 5NE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2012	U of Mn St Paul, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2012	Katoota, AU	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2012	Miling, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2012	Stanley Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2012	Bowgada, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2012	Abashiri, JP	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 2012	Don Muang, TH	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 825 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	598
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	2