Weather Records on 8 December 1971

978 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1971. Highest significance: Coupeville 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1971

On 8 December 1971, 978 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 260 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 939 daily.
Coupeville 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 8 December 1971.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

978 stations

978 station records on 8 December 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Caragabal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quandialla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jingalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baker Kbkr	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Falls Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Newnes Forest Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wyangala Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeys Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darbys Falls (Riverslea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alice (Watervale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

978 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 160, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 8 December 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	160
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 8 December 1971 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 36, daily 939.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

837 broken records

Margins by which the 837 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1971

Top 20 records on 8 December 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1971	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1971	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1971	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1971	Marsden (Merungle), AU	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1971	Jemez Springs, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1971	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Frogmore, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Eugowra Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Koorawatha (Boorowa Street), AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Caragabal Post Office, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Quandialla Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Blackheath (Lawrence St), AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Grenfell (Quondong Rd), AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Buynaksk, RU	monthly rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	McKeesport, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1971	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	53 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 978 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	738
50 to 100	65
100 to 150	21
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2