Weather Records on 8 December 1964

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1964. Highest significance: Tully Sugar Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1964

On 8 December 1964, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 372 daily.
Tully Sugar Mill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 446.0 mm (17.6 in) on 8 December 1964.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 8 December 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	446.0 mm (17.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shottery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gadgarra Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sackville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 8 December 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 8 December 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 372.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

298 broken records

Margins by which the 298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 207.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1964

Top 20 records on 8 December 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1964	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	446.0 mm (17.6 in)	207.2 mm (8.2 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Ellsworth, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Brownsville, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Majors Creek, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Conway Station, AU	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Chiloquin 1 E, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Loch, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Grafton, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Manchester, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1964	Baddeck, CA	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 375 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	269
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1