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Record data for Tucson Arizona
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Daily and Monthly DECEMBER RECORDS for Tucson
for the period (1895-2008)
Date Record
High
(deg F)		 Year Record
Low Max
(deg F)		 Year Record
Low
(deg F)		 Year Record
High Min
(deg F)		 Year Record
Rain
(inches)		 Year Record
Snowfall
(inches)		 Year
1st 84 1926 50 1991 26 1934 54 1932 0.46 1997 Trace 1982
2nd 85 1911 52 1991* 28 1905 56 1949 0.99 1906
3rd 84 1954 52 1902 22 1934 54 1954* 2.15 1906
4th 85 1895 49 1971* 21 1909 56 1946 1.16 1992 Trace 1971*
5th 83 1939* 51 1953 17 1909 56 1966 2.10 1994
6th 84 1939 45 1960 18 1912 56 1966 0.81 1986 Trace 1998*
7th 82 1970* 39 1978 20 1960 58 2007 0.57 1997 Trace 1978*
8th 85 1939 38 1978* 19 1916 57 1939 0.68 1904 6.8 1971
9th 84 1933 45 1978* 23 1978* 55 1940 0.94 1965
10th 82 1950* 45 1923 19 1916 57 1996 0.89 1965 Trace 1998*
11th 83 1939 40 1923 15 1916 56 1993* 1.02 1940 1.0 1928
12th 79 2004 45 2001* 20 1916 58 1934 0.53 1905 Trace 1985
13th 79 1995* 45 1901 19 1911 54 1934* 0.91 1902 Trace 1987*
14th 79 1939* 45 1959 10 1901 55 1948 1.01 1967 Trace 1987*
15th 81 1969 44 1967 19 1911 57 1938 1.22 1967
16th 79 1980* 46 1967 19 1901 56 1980 0.99 1908
17th 82 1939 45 1967 19 1911 54 1978 0.70 1987 1.6 1967
18th 80 1950 40 1909 23 1933* 57 1943 0.67 1978 1.0 1911
19th 81 1917 48 1915 19 1895 53 1910 0.46 1967
20th 80 2003* 49 1909 20 1897 57 1894 1.07 1914 1.4 1949
21st 80 1917 41 1968 20 1930 50 1977* 0.36 1923 0.2 1968
22nd 82 1917 43 1990 16 1897 54 1894 1.01 1914 1.5 1932
23rd 78 1955* 45 1990 19 1912 53 1945 0.64 2008 0.3 1965
24th 79 1936 46 1987* 16 1974 51 1992* 1.19 1914 1.2 1941
25th 82 1933 43 1987 21 1903 50 1959* 0.71 1944 4.0 1916
26th 82 1933 43 1904 16 1895 55 1896 0.68 1994 Trace 1988*
27th 82 1928 44 1926 20 1895 52 1984* 0.77 1984 Trace 1969
28th 82 1922 44 2006 18 1954 52 1977* 1.11 1906
29th 85 1921 45 1932 19 2003 56 2004* 0.80 1960
30th 82 1917 42 1966 14 1895 55 1980 1.07 1978 Trace 1982*
31st 81 1917 46 1918 11 1905 50 1929* 1.40 1915 2.0 1915
* - indicates last of several occurrences
monthly records are in bold 
December monthly extremes 

TEMPERATURE
Record high                  85 deg F  on  December  8, 1939
                                           December 29, 1921
                                           December  2, 1911
                                           December  4, 1895
Record low                   10 deg F  on  December 14, 1901
Warmest December (avg)     58.1 deg F  in  1980
Coldest December (avg)     45.0 deg F  in  1911

PRECIPITATION
Record one-day(mid-mid)    2.15 inches  on  December  3, 1906
Wettest December           5.85 inches  in  1914
Driest  December           0.00 inches  in  1981..1973..1958..
                                            1917..1907..1901
                                            
SNOWFALL
Record one day(mid-mid)     6.8 inches  on  December  8, 1971
Record monthly total        6.8 inches  in  1971
 

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