Weather Records on 8 December 1960

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1960. Highest significance: Socorro, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1960

On 8 December 1960, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 519 daily.
Socorro set an all-time record daily snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 8 December 1960.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 8 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Socorro	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cibecue	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Young	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Young	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swartkoppie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.3 C (-24.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 8 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 8 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 20, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 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 1960

Top 20 records on 8 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1960	Socorro, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1960	Holbrook, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Hachita 1W, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Comanche, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Cibecue, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Burnet, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Columbus, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Alpine, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Luna Rs, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Clifton 10 E, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Hewitt, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Marlin, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Weatherford, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Young, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Bobbili, IN	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Heidelberg I, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1960	Dundee 6 NNW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	41 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1960. 1960 had 544 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 1960-12-08: 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	443
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2