Weather Records on 8 December 1961

289 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1961. Highest significance: Ancho, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1961

On 8 December 1961, 289 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 285 daily.
Ancho set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 8 December 1961.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

289 stations

289 station records on 8 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

289 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 8 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 8 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 285.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

242 broken records

Margins by which the 242 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1961

Top 20 records on 8 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1961	Ancho, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Yates Ctr, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Etne, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Cloudcroft, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Leola, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Biser, RU	monthly high min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1961	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1961	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1961	Jequie, BR	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1961	Dullstroom (Sar), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1961	Sviland, NO	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1961	Perm, RU	daily high min	0.1 C (32.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1961	Newton Rigg, GB	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 289 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 50	212
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	5