Weather Records on 2 December 2018

1,152 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2018. Highest significance: Hanksville, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 2018

On 2 December 2018, 1,152 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,120 daily.
Hanksville set a daily record snowfall of 11.4 cm (4.5 in) on 2 December 2018.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,152 stations

1,152 station records on 2 December 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hanksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grundau-Breitenborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg-Netzstall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sapelo Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boise 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swea City 5N	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mathews	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,152 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 481, Heaviest daily snowfall 156, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 2 December 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	481
Heaviest daily snowfall	156
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 2 December 2018 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 1,120.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

970 broken records

Margins by which the 970 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2018

Top 20 records on 2 December 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2018	Hanksville, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	101 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Wakefield 3NW, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Rhein Main, DE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Grundau-Breitenborn, DE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	116 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Cherokee, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Schluchtern-Herolz, DE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2018	Brunswick, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	Nephi, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	St James Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	Virginia, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	Metten, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	Nurnberg-Netzstall, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	Oakland, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	Winnebago, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	116 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2018	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	136 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

1797 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2018. 2018 had 1,152 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 December 2018
Margin	Records
0 to 50	884
50 to 100	65
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3