Weather Records on 8 December 1916

93 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1916. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 8 December 1916

On 8 December 1916, 93 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 89 daily.
Hvar set a daily record precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 8 December 1916.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

93 stations

93 station records on 8 December 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
The Olives	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough (Dawson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

93 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 53.

Records on 8 December 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 December 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 89.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

76 broken records

Margins by which the 76 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1916

Top 20 records on 8 December 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1916	Hvar, HR	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1916	Mount Macedon, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Stratford, CA	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	49 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	London South, CA	monthly high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	The Olives, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Coondambo, AU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Curraweena, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Urawilkie, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Carabost, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	St John's, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Buffalo, US	monthly high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Belton (Shadow Vale), AU	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Mount Poole, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Bedooba, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1916	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)

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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1916. 1916 had 93 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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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	63
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1