Weather Records on 8 December 1937

443 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1937. Highest significance: Parry Sound, CA.

Key Facts for 8 December 1937

On 8 December 1937, 443 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 438 daily.
Parry Sound set a daily record snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 8 December 1937.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

443 stations

443 station records on 8 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tebessa	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Currabubula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skardu	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

443 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 8 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 8 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 438.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

347 broken records

Margins by which the 347 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1937

Top 20 records on 8 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1937	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1937	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1937	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1937	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1937	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Simcoe, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Galway, IE	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Belleville, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	68 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Tebessa, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Currabubula, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Stockholm, SE	daily low max	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Pushmataha, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1937	Brucefield, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	28 years	25 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 443 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 50	332
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1