Weather Records on 8 December 1975

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1975. Highest significance: Lien I Selbu, NO.

Key Facts for 8 December 1975

On 8 December 1975, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 491 daily.
Lien I Selbu set a daily record precipitation of 31.9 mm (1.3 in) on 8 December 1975.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 8 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mallina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vergemont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mirandela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotsford A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilburra Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Gil (I.de Itaparica)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1975

Top 20 records on 8 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1975	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1975	Mallina, AU	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Mount Edgar, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Toolebuc, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Texas Downs, AU	daily rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Austin Waste Wtp Facility, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Pardoo Station, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Waterloo, AU	monthly rain	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Vergemont, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Bellingham 2 N, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Verma, NO	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Blaine, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Newry, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Muccan, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Limbunya, AU	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1975	Dagworth Station, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	37 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1975. 1975 had 497 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 10	317
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	3