Weather Records on 8 December 1929

136 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1929. Highest significance: The Dalles, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1929

On 8 December 1929, 136 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 134 daily.
The Dalles set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 8 December 1929.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

136 stations

136 station records on 8 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.5 C (-42.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
West Berne	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

136 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 45, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 8 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 134.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

104 broken records

Margins by which the 104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1929

Top 20 records on 8 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1929	The Dalles, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1929	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	monthly high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Astana, KZ	daily low min	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Ocala, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Tooele, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Hvar, HR	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Karesuando, SE	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Pendleton Dwtn, US	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1929	Darlington, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 136 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 20	94
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1