Weather Records on 8 December 1938

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1938. Highest significance: Paauilo 221, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1938

On 8 December 1938, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
344 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 424 daily.
Paauilo 221 set a daily record precipitation of 129.5 mm (5.1 in) on 8 December 1938.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 8 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Mauka	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagamandala	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.6 C (-46.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 8 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1938

Top 20 records on 8 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1938	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1938	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1938	Haina 214, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1938	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1938	Honokaa Mauka, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Pandharpur, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Davenport, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Ellensburg, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Bhagamandala, IN	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Salekhard, RU	daily low min	-43.6 C (-46.5 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Sonora, US	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Quatsino, CA	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Needles, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Santa Cruz, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Moscow U of I, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Colby, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Imperial, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1938	Cascade Locks, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	22 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1938. 1938 had 447 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	361
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1