Weather Records on 8 December 1920

95 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1920. Highest significance: Ardrossan, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1920

On 8 December 1920, 95 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 93 daily.
Ardrossan set a daily record precipitation of 25.1 mm (1.0 in) on 8 December 1920.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

95 stations

95 station records on 8 December 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goorianawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Elliot Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warge Rock 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mundallio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Roseberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

95 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 December 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 December 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 93.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

88 broken records

Margins by which the 88 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1920

Top 20 records on 8 December 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1920	Ardrossan, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1920	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1920	Gigoomgan, AU	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1920	Collerina (Corrella), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1920	Harden (East St), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1920	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Goorianawah, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Lenoir, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Clinton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Cowell, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Elliston, AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1920	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 95 records.

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

Records on 12-08 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1815	2
1824	1
1825	2
1844	2
1846	1
1848	2
1854	1
1856	2
1866	1
1868	3
1869	1
1871	4
1875	2
1879	5
1882	4
1885	1
1886	1
1891	2
1892	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	14
1898	3
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	17
1903	2
1904	6
1905	6
1906	39
1907	15
1908	11
1909	20
1910	14
1911	21
1912	33
1913	42
1914	59
1915	67
1916	93
1917	106
1918	27
1919	59
1920	95
1921	53
1922	163
1923	176
1924	399
1925	107
1926	80
1927	593
1928	100
1929	136
1930	421
1931	229
1932	327
1933	109
1934	437
1935	229
1936	138
1937	443
1938	447
1939	643
1940	495
1941	140
1942	481
1943	378
1944	269
1945	323
1946	1,331
1947	293
1948	269
1949	275
1950	859
1951	1,430
1952	539
1953	361
1954	354
1955	199
1956	890
1957	429
1958	794
1959	538
1960	544
1961	289
1962	413
1963	739
1964	375
1965	509
1966	1,255
1967	442
1968	436
1969	617
1970	801
1971	978
1972	1,825
1973	506
1974	631
1975	497
1976	1,130
1977	1,503
1978	2,440
1979	507
1980	1,527
1981	951
1982	835
1983	924
1984	989
1985	1,099
1986	958
1987	733
1988	581
1989	1,426
1990	847
1991	918
1992	689
1993	957
1994	1,178
1995	764
1996	949
1997	1,194
1998	1,348
1999	530
2000	1,056
2001	513
2002	735
2003	862
2004	1,172
2005	2,056
2006	2,166
2007	1,042
2008	924
2009	1,593
2010	1,951
2011	968
2012	724
2013	1,403
2014	404
2015	1,125
2016	594
2017	677
2018	747
2019	623
2020	942
2021	362
2022	682
2023	909
2024	426
2025	986

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	65
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1