Weather Records on 8 December 2023

909 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 2023. Highest significance: Shillong, IN.

Key Facts for 8 December 2023

On 8 December 2023, 909 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
640 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 852 daily.
Shillong set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 8 December 2023.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

909 stations

909 station records on 8 December 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Uega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deqen	China	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bachu	China	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.2 C (-29.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toguchin	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Slapton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

909 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 416, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 8 December 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	416
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 8 December 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 57, daily 852.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

761 broken records

Margins by which the 761 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 2023

Top 20 records on 8 December 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 2023	Shillong, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 December 2023	Uega, RU	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Silchar, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Arka, RU	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Bottineau, US	monthly high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Craibstone, GB	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Britton, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Deqen, CN	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Lakin, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	122 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Pipestone, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Spirit Lake, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	128 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Canby, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Gull Lake Dam, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 2023	Bottineau, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 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

1796 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2023. 2023 had 909 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

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Data for records on 2023-12-08: 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	736
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3