December 2[edit]

1978: Heavy rains, including 512 millimetres (20.2 in) of rain in just 24 hours, caused severe flooding in Singapore, killing 7 people.

1996: The final WSR-57 weather radar was decommissioned at Charleston International Airport in Charleston, South Carolina. It was replaced by a new NEXRAD (WSR-88D) radar.

2004: Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall near Casiguran on Luzon, Philippines, killing at least 70 people.