Weather Records on 2 December 2013

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2013. Highest significance: Busby, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 2013

On 2 December 2013, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
283 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 508 daily.
Busby set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.7 mm (1.1 in) on 2 December 2013.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 2 December 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Mahaulepu 941.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hierro/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innset I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Noumea Nf	New Caledonia [France]	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Placer Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Punchbowl Crater 709	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blind Bull Sum	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lautoka	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Choibalsan	Mongolia	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Porsa II	Norway	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 2 December 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 2 December 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 49, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2013

Top 20 records on 2 December 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2013	Busby, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	71 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 December 2013	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2013	Mahaulepu 941.1, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2013	Puhi 1013, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2013	Halenanaho 1006, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2013	Ibapah, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, ES	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	W Lawai 931, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Randolph, US	monthly high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Brydeswood STN 985, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Moloaa 1145, US	monthly rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Wahiawa 930, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Bogota/Eldorado, CO	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Irkutsk, RU	monthly high max	5.3 C (41.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Rio Piedras Exp STN, PR	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2013	Hierro/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	46 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2013. 2013 had 557 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 100	459
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1