Weather Records on 8 December 1977

1,503 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1977. Highest significance: St Thomas, CA.

Key Facts for 8 December 1977

On 8 December 1977, 1,503 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 756 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,460 daily.
St Thomas set a daily record snowfall of 22.0 cm (8.7 in) on 8 December 1977.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

1,503 stations

1,503 station records on 8 December 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Huntington	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Shand Dam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amealco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thunder Bay A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dzizak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thunder Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Lester B. Pearson Int'	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.9 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.6 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,503 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 346, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 410, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 205, Deepest snow cover 145.

Records on 8 December 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	346
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	410
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	205
Deepest snow cover	145

Records on 8 December 1977 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 40, daily 1,460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,268 broken records

Margins by which the 1,268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1977

Top 20 records on 8 December 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1977	St Thomas, CA	daily snowfall	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	16.9 cm (6.7 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1977	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1977	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1977	Campbellford, CA	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	21.4 cm (8.4 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1977	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1977	Huntington, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Warren, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Berne Wwtp, US	all-time snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Oak Ridges, CA	daily snowfall	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Millstream, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Lyman, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Aledo, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Rockville, US	all-time snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Fergus Shand Dam, CA	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Amealco, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1977	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	49 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1977. 1977 had 1,503 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	1,122
50 to 100	79
100 to 150	38
150 to 200	21
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1