Weather Records on 12 December 2008

1,424 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 2008. Highest significance: Penong, AU.

Key Facts for 12 December 2008

On 12 December 2008, 1,424 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 366 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 92 monthly and 1,315 daily.
Penong set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.8 mm (3.0 in) on 12 December 2008.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,424 stations

1,424 station records on 12 December 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Courela (Lindarnoe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tarlee (Hazelton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Amite	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Broughton (Wandearah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gassaway	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Calcannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Apoinga (Wilivere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
W Thompson Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston (Willow Ponds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kasa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pohakea Brg 307.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Leighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,424 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 274, Heaviest daily rainfall 791, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 88.

Records on 12 December 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	274
Heaviest daily rainfall	791
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	88

Records on 12 December 2008 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 92, daily 1,315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,235 broken records

Margins by which the 1,235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 2008

Top 20 records on 12 December 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 2008	Penong, AU	monthly rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 December 2008	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 December 2008	Redhill, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 December 2008	W Pt, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 December 2008	Coondambo, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	78 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Tarlee, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Courela (Lindarnoe), AU	all-time rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Port Augusta West, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Storrs, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	119 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	113 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	113 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Gallivare_A, SE	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Hamburg, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	113 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Hoyleton, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Tarlee (Hazelton), AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2008	Mount Wudinna, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)

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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2008. 2008 had 1,424 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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Data for records on 2008-12-12: 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	1,168
50 to 100	49
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2