Weather Records on 4 December 2014

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 2014. Highest significance: Canjilon R/S, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 2014

On 4 December 2014, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 588 daily.
Canjilon R/S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 4 December 2014.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 4 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canjilon R/S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Hills (Collins St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zadar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral (Parry Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patna	India	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Strathfield Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skq Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati	India	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 4 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 4 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 588.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 2014

Top 20 records on 4 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 2014	Canjilon R/S, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2014	Hamada, JP	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Aneityum, VU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Niigata, JP	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Kanazawa, JP	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Volta Ph, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Alpine, US	monthly high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Callaghan Creek Station, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Knin, HR	daily rain	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Seven Hills (Collins St), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Hvar, HR	daily high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Chula Vista, US	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Blanding, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Concord Golf Club, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	Hvar, HR	daily high max	19.8 C (67.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2014	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 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

1796 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2014. 2014 had 629 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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 50	511
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1