Weather Records on 8 December 1948

269 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1948. Highest significance: Ft Gaines, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1948

On 8 December 1948, 269 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 263 daily.
Ft Gaines set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 8 December 1948.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

269 stations

269 station records on 8 December 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barambah View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barambah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orangeburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Struth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-50.0 C (-58.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

269 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 8 December 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 8 December 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1948

Top 20 records on 8 December 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1948	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1948	Wondai Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1948	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1948	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1948	Americus, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1948	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Kandanga Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Nanango Wills St, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Barambah View, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Goodna Ampol, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Barambah, AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1948	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	27 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1948. 1948 had 269 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	205
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1