Weather Records on 2 December 2016

269 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2016. Highest significance: Surat Thani, TH.

Key Facts for 2 December 2016

On 2 December 2016, 269 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 251 daily.
Surat Thani set a daily record precipitation of 298.2 mm (11.7 in) on 2 December 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

269 stations

269 station records on 2 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	331.5 mm (13.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lysa Hora	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho Beach 93.11	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huade	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bet Dagan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baytown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiksi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovskij Zav	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dedougou	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montejinni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zahedan	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dhahran	Saudi Arabia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wikieup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Larrimah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Xilin Hot	China	Record high minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Louis	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monto Township	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hye	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zhangwu	China	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

269 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 2 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 2 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 251.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2016

Top 20 records on 2 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2016	Surat Thani, TH	daily rain	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	251.7 mm (9.9 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2016	Pahoa 65, US	monthly rain	331.5 mm (13.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Har Kenaan, IL	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Giddings 5E, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Lysa Hora, CZ	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Ben Gurion, IL	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Changchun, CN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Kapoho Beach 93.11, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Huade, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Bet Dagan, IL	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	University Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Northway AP, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Chardzhev, TM	daily high min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Ft Pierce, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Van Buren 2, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Underwood, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Bajramaly, TM	daily high max	28.7 C (83.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Nurata, UZ	monthly high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2016	Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2016. 2016 had 269 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 50	214
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2