Weather Records on 4 December 2010

1,874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 2010. Highest significance: Weiser, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 2010

On 4 December 2010, 1,874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 772 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,806 daily.
Weiser set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 4 December 2010.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,874 stations

1,874 station records on 4 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Anna Paulowna	Netherlands	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Danville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elong Elong (Bendeela St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bearbung (Aller)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Craiova	Romania	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Callantsoog	Netherlands	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hollum	Netherlands	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charmany Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Cointrin	Switzerland	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chenoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sapporo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Helvoet	Netherlands	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaban Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,874 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 313, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 459, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 168, Deepest snow cover 376.

Records on 4 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	313
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	459
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	168
Deepest snow cover	376

Records on 4 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 66, daily 1,806.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,577 broken records

Margins by which the 1,577 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 2010

Top 20 records on 4 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 2010	Weiser, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	91 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Coolah (Binnia St), AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	109 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Running Stream (Brooklyn), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Carinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	108 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Pontiac, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	101 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Belcourt Keya Radio, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Poronajsk, RU	monthly rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Byfield Childs Road, AU	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Streator 2SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Anna Paulowna, NL	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Danville, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2010	Gluckstadt, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2010	Tambar Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2010	Elong Elong (Bendeela St), AU	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2010	Geurie Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2010	Bearbung (Aller), AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2010	Craiova, RO	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2010	Goonumbla (Avondale), AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	56 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2010. 2010 had 1,874 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	1,513
100 to 200	59
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1