Weather Records on 8 December 2012

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 2012. Highest significance: Efremov, RU.

Key Facts for 8 December 2012

On 8 December 2012, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 710 daily.
Efremov set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 8 December 2012.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

724 stations

724 station records on 8 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Efremov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tonisvorst	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nijmegen	Netherlands	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselsteyn (L)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Venlo	Netherlands	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Circle	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyritz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hulshorst	Netherlands	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Finca la Soledad	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Villa Victoria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Udskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shonkin 7 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oosterbeek	Netherlands	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 102.

Records on 8 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	102

Records on 8 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 710.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

573 broken records

Margins by which the 573 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 2012

Top 20 records on 8 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 2012	Efremov, RU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 December 2012	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Ipswich, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Royal Palm Rs, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Tonisvorst, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Nijmegen, NL	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Ijsselsteyn (L), NL	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	129 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Venlo, NL	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Ekimchan, RU	daily high max	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Basel Binningen, CH	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Great Falls AP, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	33.7 C (92.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	138 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2012	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	32.9 C (91.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	126 years	40 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 724 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 2012-12-08: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	481
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	2