Weather Records on 8 December 1927

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1927. Highest significance: Narrabri Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1927

On 8 December 1927, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 322 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 579 daily.
Narrabri Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 104.6 mm (4.1 in) on 8 December 1927.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 8 December 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baan Baa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Kergunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 151, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 December 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	151
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 December 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 579.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1927

Top 20 records on 8 December 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1927	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Avon, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Walgett (Goangra), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Clover Creek, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Toulby, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Cobar (Tindarey), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Coronga Peak, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Dunlop, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Coonamble (Wingadee), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Bollon Mary St, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Calumet, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1927	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1927	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1927	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1927	Bunghill Tank, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1927	Gnomery, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1927	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	32 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1927. 1927 had 593 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 100	525
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1