Weather Records on 6 December 2017

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 2017. Highest significance: Old Town Bay, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 2017

On 6 December 2017, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 390 daily.
Old Town Bay set a daily record precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 6 December 2017.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 6 December 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Old Town Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fureneset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glennallen Kcam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fana - Stend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland (Jamieson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Florida	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Welder Wildlife Foundation	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tazovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elliott	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Husnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimbolton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Isa Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dzaore	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Martinville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.1 C (-45.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urmi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turij Rog	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gillastig	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Picayune	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gove Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McArthur River Mine	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 December 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 December 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 405.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 2017

Top 20 records on 6 December 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 2017	Old Town Bay, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2017	Bombay/Santacruz, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2017	Fureneset, NO	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Glennallen Kcam, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily low min	17.6 C (63.7 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Milesovka, CZ	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Froyset, NO	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Daly Waters AWS, AU	monthly low min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Raoul Isl/Kermadec, NZ	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	San Francisco Oceanside, US	all-time low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Austwell, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Fana - Stend, NO	daily rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily low min	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Yakutat AP, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Opheim 10 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Kotzebue AP, US	daily snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	40.5 cm (15.9 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Portland (Jamieson St), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2017	Bergen Florida, NO	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	36 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

1804 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2017. 2017 had 402 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	339
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1