Weather Records on 7 December 1997

818 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1997. Highest significance: Rawlinna, AU.

Key Facts for 7 December 1997

On 7 December 1997, 818 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 778 daily.
Rawlinna set a daily record precipitation of 66.2 mm (2.6 in) on 7 December 1997.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

818 stations

818 station records on 7 December 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rawlinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kanandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Francisco Sa (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sisimiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jervois	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haslam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Rito	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Solvaer	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iguatama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Skinner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tula (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedral	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Spring Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Tecomate	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

818 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 7 December 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 7 December 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1997

Top 20 records on 7 December 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1997	Rawlinna, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1997	Ceduna Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1997	Kanandah, AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1997	Fuzhou, CN	monthly rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1997	Francisco Sa (Efbm), BR	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	El Rito, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Sisimiut, GL	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Elkhorn, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Moab, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Jervois, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Galway, IE	daily high max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Galway, IE	daily high min	10.1 C (50.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Izuhara, JP	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	San Francisco Intl AP, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Stirling, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Haslam, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1997	Palmerville, AU	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	96 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1997. 1997 had 818 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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Data for records on 1997-12-07: 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	602
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3