Weather Records on 11 December 2012

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 2012. Highest significance: Everglades, US.

Key Facts for 11 December 2012

On 11 December 2012, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 598 daily.
Everglades set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 11 December 2012.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 11 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Brindisi	Italy	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chornobyl	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apaseo El Alto	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glengarren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warrior L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cortazar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atoka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schleswig	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tribsees	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulum	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dhahran	Saudi Arabia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lenzen/Elbe	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apaseo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Teapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Sp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 11 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 11 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 2012

Top 20 records on 11 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 2012	Everglades, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2012	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2012	Brindisi, IT	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Chornobyl, UA	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Kiev, UA	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Wilgarrup, AU	monthly rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Louth (Bloxham Street), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Groznyj, RU	monthly rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Deeside, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Hiddensee-Vitte, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Uman, UA	monthly rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Apaseo El Alto, MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Santa Rita, MX	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Glengarren, AU	monthly rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Healdton 3 E, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Albany, AU	daily high min	18.8 C (65.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2012	Warrior L&D, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	39 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 618 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	461
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1