Weather Records on 8 December 1942

481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1942. Highest significance: Cunnamulla Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1942

On 8 December 1942, 481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 469 daily.
Cunnamulla Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 8 December 1942.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

481 stations

481 station records on 8 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.4 cm (17.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gilliat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

481 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 8 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 8 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 469.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1942

Top 20 records on 8 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1942	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1942	Kozhikode, IN	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1942	Iffley Station, AU	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1942	Tibooburra (Olive Downs), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Wyandra Railway St, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Drain, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Champaign 3S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Council, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Lincoln, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	White Cliffs (Wonnaminta), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Mount Alfred, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Mount Margaret, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Woodbury, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Tangorin, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1942	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	42 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1942. 1942 had 481 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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Data for records on 1942-12-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 200	397
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	2