Weather Records on 6 December 2020

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 2020. Highest significance: Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 2020

On 6 December 2020, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 530 daily.
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre set a daily record precipitation of 76.0 mm (3.0 in) on 6 December 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 6 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeba	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rangeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Tara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Brimfield Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tillabery	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hudson 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sliac	Slovakia	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria/Foronda	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alectown (Bridgewater)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harmony	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kzylzar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebunkport	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (the Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Arenas	Chile	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Agadez	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhikimda	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Postojna	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scofield Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 2020

Top 20 records on 6 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 2020	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2020	Greenville Muni AP, US	monthly rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2020	Santander Cmt, ES	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 2020	Aberdeen, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Gooloogong Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Kredarica, SI	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Lakeba, FJ	daily rain	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Quelimane, MZ	monthly low min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Devils Garden, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	128 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Sarajevo, BA	daily high min	10.3 C (50.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Rangeley, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Sundance, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	117 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Szeged, HU	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Turgaj, KZ	daily low max	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Roma Ciampino, IT	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Jackman, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2020	Milford, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	83 years	39 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2020. 2020 had 549 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	456
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1