Weather Records on 8 December 1956

890 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1956. Highest significance: Kaslo, CA.

Key Facts for 8 December 1956

On 8 December 1956, 890 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
273 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 826 daily.
Kaslo set a daily record snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 8 December 1956.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

890 stations

890 station records on 8 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Creston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.9 cm (17.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ghansore	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily snowfall	46.2 cm (18.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily snowfall	55.1 cm (21.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
James Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westwold	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alice (Eurella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sorrento	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver City Hall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

890 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 129, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 8 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	129
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 8 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 51, daily 826.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

739 broken records

Margins by which the 739 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1956

Top 20 records on 8 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1956	Kaslo, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1956	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1956	Damoh, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1956	Creston, CA	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1956	Creston, CA	monthly snowfall	43.9 cm (17.3 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1956	Saanichton Cda, CA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Minonk, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	New Westminster, CA	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Rushville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	all-time rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Pachwara, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery, CA	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Stave Falls, CA	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Ghansore, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1956	Havana, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 years	44 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1956. 1956 had 890 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1956-12-08: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	687
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1