Weather Records on 11 December 1993

749 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1993. Highest significance: Pettibone, US.

Key Facts for 11 December 1993

On 11 December 1993, 749 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 725 daily.
Pettibone set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 11 December 1993.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

749 stations

749 station records on 11 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bananal (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Leonor	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Geraldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jacigua (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barra de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buritizal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sapucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Cuiete-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anchieta (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Resplendor-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peach Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Partoun	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Gap Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Boa Vista de Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Capituva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campos de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Bay Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

749 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 11 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 11 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1993

Top 20 records on 11 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1993	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Chanthaburi, TH	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Houlton AP, US	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Gaya, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Bananal (Pcd), BR	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Fazenda Santa Leonor, BR	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Ogden Pioneer Ph, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Fazenda Sao Geraldo, BR	daily rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Riggins, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Ft Benton, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily low min	10.9 C (51.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Selma, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1993	Buffalo, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 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

1796 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 749 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	569
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2