Weather Records on 7 December 1982

542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1982. Highest significance: Lusikisiki (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 December 1982

On 7 December 1982, 542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 530 daily.
Lusikisiki (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 140.1 mm (5.5 in) on 7 December 1982.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

542 stations

542 station records on 7 December 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.1 mm (5.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Glengarry (No3)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee Agric Res Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strevell	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ph Wainiha 1115	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blenheim Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amparo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campolide	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Luiz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Alegre Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guaxupe Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nopalapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Alamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jataizinho Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alferes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

542 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 7 December 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 7 December 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1982

Top 20 records on 7 December 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1982	Lusikisiki (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	140.1 mm (5.5 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1982	Glengarry (No3), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Black Rock, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Ogden Sugar Factory, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Dillingham FAA AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Mount Molloy Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Dundee Agric Res Station, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Lifton Pumping STN, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Vernal, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Strevell, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	University Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Ph Wainiha 1115, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1982	Lifton Pumping STN, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	60 years	35 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1982. 1982 had 542 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	391
25 to 50	34
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1