Weather Records on 8 December 1965

509 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1965. Highest significance: Goulburn River @ Shepparton, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1965

On 8 December 1965, 509 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 500 daily.
Goulburn River @ Shepparton set a daily record precipitation of 47.5 mm (1.9 in) on 8 December 1965.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

509 stations

509 station records on 8 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shepparton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedoo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maribyrnong Explosives Factory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Googa Googa Crk Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulakumood	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	224.9 mm (8.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camoola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elamang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Porumamilla	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	162.7 mm (6.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moira Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

509 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 8 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 8 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1965

Top 20 records on 8 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1965	Goulburn River @ Shepparton, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Shepparton East, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Toolleen (Ryan), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Mooroopna, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Parur, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Tarome, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Agnes River, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Heggaddevankote, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Booligal (Belmont), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Dunedoo Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Torrevieja, ES	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Deer Park, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1965	Maribyrnong Explosives Factory, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1965. 1965 had 509 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 100	425
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1