Weather Records on 7 December 2008

833 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 2008. Highest significance: Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO.

Key Facts for 7 December 2008

On 7 December 2008, 833 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 763 daily.
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.0 mm (3.3 in) on 7 December 2008.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

833 stations

833 station records on 7 December 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ossora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Korf	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doolandella (Wadeville St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tambov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gotnja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Divide	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ambrose 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbank Thompson Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meacham	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Navilloween	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

833 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 245, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 7 December 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	245
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 7 December 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 70, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

656 broken records

Margins by which the 656 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 2008

Top 20 records on 7 December 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 2008	Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO	monthly rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2008	Butte 5SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	109 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Iasi, RO	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Woolners Arm, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Kisinev, MD	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Kewaunee, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Anaconda, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Uil, KZ	daily high max	9.1 C (48.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Clinton Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Astana, KZ	monthly high max	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Ossora, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Sotchi, RU	daily high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Korf, RU	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2008	Olenja Rechka, RU	monthly rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	46 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2008. 2008 had 833 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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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 25	621
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2