Weather Records on 8 December 1941

140 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1941. Highest significance: Springs (Rwb), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 December 1941

On 8 December 1941, 140 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 135 daily.
Springs (Rwb) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 8 December 1941.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

140 stations

140 station records on 8 December 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Caroline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baandee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coorara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arrino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Peake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

140 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 December 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 December 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 135.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

120 broken records

Margins by which the 120 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1941

Top 20 records on 8 December 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1941	Springs (Rwb), ZA	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1941	Reasi, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1941	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1941	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Wetaskiwin, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Woudzicht, ZA	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Udhapur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Sussex, CA	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Kingston, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Adur, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Punalur, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily low max	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Berinag, IN	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1941	Wetaskiwin, CA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	6 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 140 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	109
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2