Weather Records on 9 December 1931

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1931. Highest significance: Warialda Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1931

On 9 December 1931, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 421 daily.
Warialda Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 9 December 1931.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 9 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mohawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eubank	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 332, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 9 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	332
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 9 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 221.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1931

Top 20 records on 9 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1931	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Quesnel, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Toowoomba, AU	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Tunis, TN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Coffs Harbour, AU	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Graceville Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1931	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	43 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1931. 1931 had 434 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	353
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1