Weather Records on 2 December 2022

771 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2022. Highest significance: Wells, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 2022

On 2 December 2022, 771 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 537 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 758 daily.
Wells set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 2 December 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

771 stations

771 station records on 2 December 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Low Holm Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ny-Alesund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Italy (Vineyard Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smith 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Libby Dam (Base)	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Alto Intl	Bolivia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wuzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cemal	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moses Lake Grant Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guiping	China	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas River	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

771 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 249, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 288, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 2 December 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	249
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	288
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 2 December 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2022

Top 20 records on 2 December 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2022	Wells, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2022	Mud Mtn Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2022	Haugan 1 W, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Low Holm Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Lichinga, MZ	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Ny-Alesund, NO	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Barrow AP, US	monthly high min	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Wilbur, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Tahoe City, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Mud Mtn Dam, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Imlay, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Dutch Harbor, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Susanville 2SW, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Cedarville, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Colville, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Diablo Dam, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Daly Waters AWS, AU	daily low min	15.7 C (60.3 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2022	Tasiilaq, GL	daily high max	7.3 C (45.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	41 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2022. 2022 had 771 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 100	611
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1