Weather Records on 7 December 1947

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1947. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 1947

On 7 December 1947, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 235 daily.
Bottineau set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 7 December 1947.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 7 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mayfield 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.9 C (-34.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Aeneas	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 7 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 7 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 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

7 December 1947

Top 20 records on 7 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1947	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Ruel, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Hugo, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Gainesville, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Hico, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Gothenburg, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1947	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Mackay Post Office, AU	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Durant, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Moorhead St Teachers C, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Mena, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Minonk, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Sherman, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1947	Quincy Mem Brg, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1947. 1947 had 240 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	175
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1