Weather Records on 9 December 1921

58 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1921. Highest significance: Venterstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 9 December 1921

On 9 December 1921, 58 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 56 daily.
Venterstad set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 9 December 1921.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

58 stations

58 station records on 9 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.9 C (-32.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

58 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 40.

Records on 9 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

53 broken records

Margins by which the 53 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1921

Top 20 records on 9 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1921	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1921	Armagh, GB	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Dohne (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Crawley, ZA	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Cottbus, DE	monthly rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low min	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1921	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	30 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1921. 1921 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 5	31
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1