Weather Records on 9 December 1928

110 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1928. Highest significance: Logan 1 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 9 December 1928

On 9 December 1928, 110 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 109 daily.
Logan 1 WNW set a daily record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 9 December 1928.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

110 stations

110 station records on 9 December 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gatcombe Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

110 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 23, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 9 December 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 9 December 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 109.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

86 broken records

Margins by which the 86 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1928

Top 20 records on 9 December 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1928	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1928	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1928	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1928	Sydney, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1928	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Windsor Kings College, CA	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Laghouat, DZ	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Liepaja, LV	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Syfergat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1928	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	36 years	19 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1928. 1928 had 110 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 50	79
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1