Weather Records on 9 December 1937

348 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1937. Highest significance: Tihoreck, RU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1937

On 9 December 1937, 348 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 337 daily.
Tihoreck set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 9 December 1937.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

348 stations

348 station records on 9 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wofford Hts Kernville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warkworth 1 Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

348 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 9 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 9 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 337.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1937

Top 20 records on 9 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1937	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1937	Stockton 2, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1937	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1937	Colfax, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1937	Brockville, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1937	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	8.2 C (14.8 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Jonkoping, SE	daily low max	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Marnitz, DE	monthly rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Skara 1, SE	daily low max	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Brucefield, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	monthly low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Wofford Hts Kernville, US	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1937	Warkworth 1 Public School, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	24 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 348 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	277
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1