Weather Records on 8 December 1962

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1962. Highest significance: Yass (Derringullen), AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1962

On 8 December 1962, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 402 daily.
Yass (Derringullen) set a daily record precipitation of 57.4 mm (2.3 in) on 8 December 1962.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 8 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palair	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taylors Flat (Davislea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 8 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 8 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 402.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1962

Top 20 records on 8 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1962	Yass (Derringullen), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1962	Ungowa Forest Station, AU	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Binda Post Office, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Burragate Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	The Oaks John Street, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Ashland, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Paling Yards (Ulabri), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Exeter, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Penrose (Panorama), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Polavaram, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Glenville, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Kenton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1962	Yakutat AP, US	daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	39 years	40 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1962. 1962 had 413 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 25	287
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	4
175 to 200	2