Weather Records on 8 December 1958

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1958. Highest significance: Oswego, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1958

On 8 December 1958, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 372 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 782 daily.
Oswego set an all-time record snow depth of 111.8 cm (44.0 in) on 8 December 1958.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 8 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cajazeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicurus (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mamanguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 266, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 140, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 8 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	266
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	140
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 8 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 782.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1958

Top 20 records on 8 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1958	Oswego, US	all-time snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	11 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1958	Oswego, US	all-time snowfall	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1958	Fredonia, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Virden, CA	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	19.5 C (35.1 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Virden, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17.8 C (32.0 F)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Cajazeiras, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Cheyenne, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Fredonia, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Oswego, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Clinton 2, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Marshalltown, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Brookville FAA AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Guaicurus (Particular), BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1958	Morrison, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	7 years	36 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1958. 1958 had 794 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	604
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1