Weather Records on 1 December 2008

879 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 2008. Highest significance: Puente Jula, MX.

Key Facts for 1 December 2008

On 1 December 2008, 879 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
428 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 831 daily.
Puente Jula set a monthly record daily precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 1 December 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

879 stations

879 station records on 1 December 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wismar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Chenalho (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maple City 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flint 7W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Qiqihar	China	Record high minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lenzen/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

879 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 227, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 1 December 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	227
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 1 December 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 47, daily 831.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 2008

Top 20 records on 1 December 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 2008	Puente Jula, MX	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2008	Butte 5SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2008	South Newbury, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Bad Axe, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Wismar, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Howell Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Canyon Dam, US	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Castle Dale, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Germantown Wastewater Utility, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Rison, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Lowell, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Osijek, HR	daily high max	18.5 C (65.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Climax, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Hale Loud Dam, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2008	Carson City, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	42 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

1797 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2008. 2008 had 879 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	641
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1