Weather Records on 8 December 1968

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1968. Highest significance: Scottville 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1968

On 8 December 1968, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 411 daily.
Scottville 1 NE set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 8 December 1968.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 8 December 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pau Ferro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Filomena (Munduri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barro Vermelho (Ibipitanga)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Monteiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.1 C (-60.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ivdel	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-44.7 C (-48.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.5 C (-42.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.2 C (-54.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crowe's Place,Seven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-40.3 C (-40.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-42.1 C (-43.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verhoture	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-41.6 C (-42.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.9 C (-54.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-44.6 C (-48.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.5 C (-49.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocoes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-43.6 C (-46.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Driekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Langara	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Verhoture	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.5 C (-55.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tara	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-50.1 C (-58.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.2 C (-47.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saran-Paul	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.8 C (-57.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leusi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.3 C (-54.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shadrinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.7 C (-50.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 December 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 December 1968 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 10, daily 411.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

362 broken records

Margins by which the 362 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1968

Top 20 records on 8 December 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1968	Scottville 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Pau Ferro, BR	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Coongan Station, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Alliston, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Santa Filomena (Munduri), BR	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	St Margaret's Bay, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.5 cm (8.5 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Trafalgar, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Scotland Neck, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Barro Vermelho (Ibipitanga), BR	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Weldon, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Acude Monteiro, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Tobolsk, RU	daily low min	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Ischim Amsg, RU	all-time low min	-51.1 C (-60.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Arlington, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1968	Cape Race (Aut), CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1968	Ivdel, RU	all-time low max	-44.7 C (-48.5 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1968	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily low min	-41.5 C (-42.7 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	73 years	34 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1968. 1968 had 436 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 1968-12-08: 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	337
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2