Weather Records on 2 December 2019

615 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2019. Highest significance: Spearfish, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 2019

On 2 December 2019, 615 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 585 daily.
Spearfish set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 2 December 2019.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

615 stations

615 station records on 2 December 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Keene	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Edward Macdowell Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Midwest	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Surry Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Otter Brook Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buffumville Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summit Lake	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

615 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 118, Deepest snow cover 159.

Records on 2 December 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	118
Deepest snow cover	159

Records on 2 December 2019 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 27, daily 585.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

520 broken records

Margins by which the 520 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 313.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2019

Top 20 records on 2 December 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2019	Spearfish, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	100 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	92 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Brule Rs, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Keene, US	daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	89 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Ashburnham, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	89 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Escanaba, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	110 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Rapid City 4NW, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	48 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Tully Lake, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Edward Macdowell Lake, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Lawrence, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Midwest, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2019	Birch Hill Dam, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2019	Sonora, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2019	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2019	Surry Mtn Lake, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2019	Couderay 7 W, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2019	Otter Brook Lake, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2019	Volta Ph, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2019	Big Falls Hydro, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2019	Haverhill, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	89 years	55 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2019. 2019 had 615 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	349
50 to 100	81
100 to 150	42
150 to 200	26
200 to 250	17
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	2