Weather Records on 7 December 2020

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 2020. Highest significance: Teniente Alejandro Velasco As, PE.

Key Facts for 7 December 2020

On 7 December 2020, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
472 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 574 daily.
Teniente Alejandro Velasco As set a daily record precipitation of 89.9 mm (3.5 in) on 7 December 2020.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 7 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Teniente Alejandro Velasco As	Peru	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Asturias/Aviles	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tete	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thredbo AWS	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khudjand	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sharjah Inter. Airp	United Arab Emirates	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Agadez	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scofield Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe Co Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clearmont 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cygnet Bay	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Serena	Chile	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trelew Aero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Gallegos Aero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 345, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 7 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	345
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 7 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

504 broken records

Margins by which the 504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 2020

Top 20 records on 7 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 2020	Teniente Alejandro Velasco As, PE	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Cobar (Taringo Downs), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Ringarooma (Charles Street), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Healdsburg, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Santa Rosa, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Oakland Intl AP, US	monthly high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Orland, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Asturias/Aviles, ES	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Petaluma AP, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Archerfield Airport, AU	monthly high min	25.3 C (77.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Selbourne (Kirnbrae), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Naples, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Castle Dale, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	122 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Haines AP, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low max	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Stockton AP, US	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Amberley AMO, AU	daily high min	25.5 C (77.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2020	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	91 years	37 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

1801 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2020. 2020 had 597 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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 10	493
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1