Weather Records on 7 December 1981

896 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1981. Highest significance: Fort Donald (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 December 1981

On 7 December 1981, 896 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 856 daily.
Fort Donald (Bos) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.0 mm (3.5 in) on 7 December 1981.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

896 stations

896 station records on 7 December 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nigniy_Studeniy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmiet, Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Do Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Smith A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.3 cm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Untra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Serrana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dracena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

896 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 68.

Records on 7 December 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	68

Records on 7 December 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 856.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

757 broken records

Margins by which the 757 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1981

Top 20 records on 7 December 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1981	Fort Donald (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1981	Amanzamnyama (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Kingston, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Santo Domingo, MX	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Baziya (Bos), ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Brockton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Mansfield, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Laverton, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	monthly high max	41.2 C (106.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Nigniy_Studeniy, UA	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Palmiet, Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Boston, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Kareehoek"Kareefontein", ZA	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Gardner, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Boqueirao Do Patu, BR	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Murchison Downs, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Chita, RU	daily high min	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1981	Port O'Connor, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 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

1801 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1981. 1981 had 896 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	713
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	4