Weather Records on 8 December 1986

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1986. Highest significance: Port Campbell Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1986

On 8 December 1986, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 931 daily.
Port Campbell Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 46.4 mm (1.8 in) on 8 December 1986.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 8 December 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
South Forest (Plummers Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Key West NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zuni	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nkhata Bay	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Svinoy Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brusque (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tantanoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yucca 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tidal River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 545, Heaviest daily snowfall 107, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 8 December 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	545
Heaviest daily snowfall	107
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 8 December 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 931.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

832 broken records

Margins by which the 832 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1986

Top 20 records on 8 December 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1986	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1986	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1986	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1986	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1986	Key W Intl AP, US	monthly rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1986	Yakutat AP, US	monthly rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Mount Buffalo Chalet, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Tarwin Lower (Riverside), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	South Forest (Plummers Road), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Baddaginnie, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Edith Creek, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Bonny Dam 2NE, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Jewell, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Key West NAS, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Saint Charles, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Natoma, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Hickman, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Zuni, US	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1986	Humula (Rylands), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	45 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1986. 1986 had 958 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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Data for records on 1986-12-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	713
20 to 40	81
40 to 60	23
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1