Weather Records on 9 December 1933

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1933. Highest significance: Cle Elum, US.

Key Facts for 9 December 1933

On 9 December 1933, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 246 daily.
Cle Elum set an all-time record daily precipitation of 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 9 December 1933.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 9 December 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cragie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doraville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian Lead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 December 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 December 1933 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1933

Top 20 records on 9 December 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1933	Cle Elum, US	all-time rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Colfax, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Wenatchee 6 SW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Ovando, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	12.0 C (21.6 F)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1933	Walkerston, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Willapa Harbor, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Cragie, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Berrebangalo, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Bancroft, CA	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1933	Halle, DE	daily low min	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	31 years	29 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1933. 1933 had 250 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	199
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2