Weather Records on 8 December 1930

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1930. Highest significance: Rushworth, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1930

On 8 December 1930, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 397 daily.
Rushworth set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 8 December 1930.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 8 December 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewin (Boona Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bobadah (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dumosa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 December 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 December 1930 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 20, daily 397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1930

Top 20 records on 8 December 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1930	Rushworth, AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1930	Hopetoun, AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1930	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Eremeran, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Swan Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Beulah, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Ninyeunook, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Clunes, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Lockhart Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Birchip (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Tungamah, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Jung Jung, AU	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1930	Eldorado, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1930. 1930 had 421 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	237
10 to 20	87
20 to 30	33
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1