Weather Records on 8 December 1992

689 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1992. Highest significance: Trida (Willandra National Park, AU.

Key Facts for 8 December 1992

On 8 December 1992, 689 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 673 daily.
Trida (Willandra National Park set a daily record precipitation of 62.4 mm (2.5 in) on 8 December 1992.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

689 stations

689 station records on 8 December 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trida (Willandra National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Urup	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Benditi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Covelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang Gmw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Krilon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gate	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler Heights	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tolleson 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Phoenix	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laverne	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buncom 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenix City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Asu	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

689 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 86.

Records on 8 December 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	86

Records on 8 December 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 492.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1992

Top 20 records on 8 December 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1992	Trida (Willandra National Park, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1992	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1992	Mantova, IT	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1992	Buckeye, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Kurilsk, RU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Urup, RU	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Yarrowitch (Benditi), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Mt Shasta, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49.2 cm (19.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Wakkanai, JP	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Covelo, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Petaluma AP, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Urakawa, JP	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Kerang Gmw, AU	monthly rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Mys Krilon, RU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Amsterdam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Kerang, AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1992	Gate, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	44 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1992. 1992 had 689 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 December 1992
Margin	Records
0 to 100	530
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2