Weather Records on 8 December 1921

53 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1921. Highest significance: Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 December 1921

On 8 December 1921, 53 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 53 daily.
Richmond C/K (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 8 December 1921.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

53 stations

53 station records on 8 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

53 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 38.

Records on 8 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1921

Top 20 records on 8 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1921	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1921	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1921	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1921	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1921	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Durham, GB	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily high max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Nossen, DE	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	14 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1921	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	26 years	18 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1921. 1921 had 53 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 December 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 10	43
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1