Weather Records on 2 December 2021

1,988 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2021. Highest significance: Jackson Community Postal Agen, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 2021

On 2 December 2021, 1,988 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,888 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 408 monthly and 1,580 daily.
Jackson Community Postal Agen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 136.0 mm (5.4 in) on 2 December 2021.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,988 stations

1,988 station records on 2 December 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jackson Community Postal Agen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kamenskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koror	Palau	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzylorda	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,988 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 1,227, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 661, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 2 December 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1,227
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	661
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 2 December 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 408, daily 1,580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,651 broken records

Margins by which the 1,651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2021

Top 20 records on 2 December 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2021	Jackson Community Postal Agen, AU	monthly rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2021	Kolhapur, IN	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	118 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Wilbur, US	monthly high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	102 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Ellensburg, US	monthly high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	120 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Saint Maries, US	monthly high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Mahabaleshwar, IN	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Castle Rock, US	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Broadus, US	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Stevensville, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Cle Elum, US	monthly high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Surat, IN	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Karwar, IN	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	118 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Abilene, US	monthly high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Kennewick, US	monthly high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	122 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Busby, US	monthly high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Bombay/Santacruz, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Kamenskoe, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Northport, US	monthly high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2021	Wenatchee, US	monthly high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	71 years	48 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2021. 2021 had 1,988 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	1,644
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1