Weather Records on 8 December 1950

859 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1950. Highest significance: Komga (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 December 1950

On 8 December 1950, 859 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 839 daily.
Komga (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 68.1 mm (2.7 in) on 8 December 1950.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

859 stations

859 station records on 8 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort C/K	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kayford	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riana (Pine Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron "Smoordrif"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

859 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 405, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 8 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	405
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 8 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 839.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1950

Top 20 records on 8 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1950	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1950	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Effingham 3SW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Racine Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Koolpinyah, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Harrisville, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Hopewell, ZA	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	N'Dabakazi (Sar), ZA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Gore Bay, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Elgin Water, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Walnut Creek 2 ESE, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1950	Windsor, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	45 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1950. 1950 had 859 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	683
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1