Weather Records on 8 December 1993

957 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1993. Highest significance: Williams 1 NW, US.

Key Facts for 8 December 1993

On 8 December 1993, 957 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
261 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 922 daily.
Williams 1 NW set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 8 December 1993.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

957 stations

957 station records on 8 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mar-Lee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Borrona Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Creek (Jaloom)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brothers	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Westfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whiskeytown Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Appelscha	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oudemirdum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Standish Hickey Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Towallum (Maxwelton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lillingstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talmoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

957 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 612, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 8 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	612
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 8 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 922.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

828 broken records

Margins by which the 828 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1993

Top 20 records on 8 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1993	Williams 1 NW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	98 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	110 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Dolgeville, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Jimbour State School, AU	all-time rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Paisley, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Monkira, AU	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Corona Downs, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1993	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	118 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1993	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1993	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1993	Mt Tamborine Fern St, AU	daily rain	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1993	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1993	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1993	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	18 years	55 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 957 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1993-12-08: 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 50	775
50 to 100	37
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2