Weather Records on 8 December 1943

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1943. Highest significance: Strawberry North, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1943

On 8 December 1943, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 370 daily.
Strawberry North set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 8 December 1943.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 8 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dingley Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarragadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 102	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hakea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Av-A-Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keninup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manavi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mindalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braeside 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1943

Top 20 records on 8 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1943	Strawberry North, AU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Morawa West, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Hyde Park, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Yandanooka, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Norwood, AU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Gowrie, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Melrose, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Ogilvie, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Dingley Dell, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Mellenbye, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1943	Yarragadee, AU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1943	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1943	Mount Wittenoom, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1943	Upper Orara (Aurania), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1943	Ficksburg, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1943	Manjeri, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1943	Glenorchy, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1943. 1943 had 378 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 1943-12-08: 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 10	233
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1