Weather Records on 9 December 1936

143 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1936. Highest significance: Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ.

Key Facts for 9 December 1936

On 9 December 1936, 143 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 140 daily.
Algiers-Ville/Universite set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.7 mm (3.9 in) on 9 December 1936.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

143 stations

143 station records on 9 December 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chaukuri	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farukhnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fazilka	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

143 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 9 December 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 9 December 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

121 broken records

Margins by which the 121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1524.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1936

Top 20 records on 9 December 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1936	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	monthly rain	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1936	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1936	Rapur, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Bird Island, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily low max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Fort National, DZ	daily low max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Fort National, DZ	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Hinnomunjie, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Chardzhev, TM	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Russell, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Lehal, IN	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1936	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	38 years	20 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1936. 1936 had 143 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 200	120
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1