Weather Records on 8 December 1959

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1959. Highest significance: Maryland, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1959

On 8 December 1959, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 521 daily.
Maryland set a daily record precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 8 December 1959.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 8 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dumpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Queen Mary Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sunlight	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milguy (Myee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastwood Cocos Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlees Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 8 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 8 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

483 broken records

Margins by which the 483 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1959

Top 20 records on 8 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1959	Maryland, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1959	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1959	Rumbulara Vineyards, AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Lancaster 2 NE Pump St, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Delungra Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Wylie Creek (Aloomba), AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Delungra (Pearsby Hall), AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Terrick Terrick Stud, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Warrabah, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Pallamallawa Post Office, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Sapphire (Argyle), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Dumpe, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Carawatha, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Ashley (Midkin), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1959	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	43 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1959. 1959 had 538 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 1959-12-08: 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 100	476
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1