Weather Records on 2 December 2020

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2020. Highest significance: Haines AP, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 2020

On 2 December 2020, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
215 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 504 daily.
Haines AP set a daily record precipitation of 121.2 mm (4.8 in) on 2 December 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 2 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Booker	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Glen Helen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hoonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Derwent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican	United States	Record daily precipitation	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goloson Intl	Honduras	Record daily precipitation	227.1 mm (8.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Teniente Alejandro Velasco As	Peru	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steubenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raton Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Union 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elfin Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suhana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.1 cm (15.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzalinda-1	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gallipolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chardon	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pindari Dam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 2 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 2 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 24, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2020

Top 20 records on 2 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2020	Haines AP, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2020	Booker, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	97 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2020	Glen Helen, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	79 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2020	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	119 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2020	Warren, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2020	Hoonah, US	all-time rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2020	Jimma, ET	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Linesville 1 S, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Arnett 3NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Skagway, US	all-time rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Tionesta 2 SE Lake, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Clarksburg 1, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	The Derwent, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Sines Deep Creek, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Coldwater, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Union City Filtration Plt, US	daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Pelican, US	all-time rain	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Goloson Intl, HN	daily rain	227.1 mm (8.9 in)	173.8 mm (6.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2020	Teniente Alejandro Velasco As, PE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	43 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2020. 2020 had 534 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	397
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1