Weather Records on 9 December 1919

58 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1919. Highest significance: Whitehead, CA.

Key Facts for 9 December 1919

On 9 December 1919, 58 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 52 daily.
Whitehead set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 9 December 1919.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

58 stations

58 station records on 9 December 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

58 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 13, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 9 December 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 9 December 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

54 broken records

Margins by which the 54 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1919

Top 20 records on 9 December 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1919	Whitehead, CA	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1919	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1919	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Barkerville, CA	daily low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Portland Rfc City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Athens, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	New Westminster, CA	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Montgomery Wb City, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Astoria, US	monthly low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Dubuque River, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	New Westminster, CA	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Lenoir, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	13 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Culbertson, US	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1919	Astoria, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	0 years	17 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1919. 1919 had 58 records.

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

Records on 12-09 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1820	1
1825	3
1831	1
1844	1
1856	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	4
1879	9
1880	1
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	4
1902	18
1903	7
1904	2
1905	9
1906	15
1907	28
1908	5
1909	18
1910	36
1911	31
1912	18
1913	37
1914	57
1915	139
1916	366
1917	106
1918	40
1919	58
1920	221
1921	58
1922	311
1923	203
1924	164
1925	93
1926	113
1927	356
1928	110
1929	192
1930	211
1931	434
1932	339
1933	250
1934	364
1935	263
1936	143
1937	348
1938	329
1939	1,030
1940	251
1941	144
1942	370
1943	496
1944	327
1945	178
1946	1,308
1947	303
1948	278
1949	299
1950	382
1951	849
1952	553
1953	347
1954	226
1955	352
1956	672
1957	565
1958	678
1959	217
1960	426
1961	818
1962	377
1963	642
1964	547
1965	706
1966	968
1967	639
1968	482
1969	347
1970	987
1971	655
1972	1,776
1973	679
1974	629
1975	668
1976	868
1977	1,548
1978	2,060
1979	693
1980	760
1981	748
1982	589
1983	664
1984	588
1985	1,074
1986	658
1987	1,007
1988	939
1989	1,270
1990	844
1991	878
1992	791
1993	912
1994	1,071
1995	1,247
1996	946
1997	1,214
1998	769
1999	774
2000	920
2001	505
2002	1,052
2003	824
2004	1,108
2005	1,714
2006	1,718
2007	1,124
2008	1,052
2009	2,442
2010	1,726
2011	496
2012	753
2013	1,018
2014	510
2015	1,054
2016	679
2017	715
2018	626
2019	614
2020	571
2021	674
2022	666
2023	907
2024	422
2025	1,602

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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 20	48
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1