Weather Records on 9 December 1943

496 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1943. Highest significance: Hoosier Rch, US.

Key Facts for 9 December 1943

On 9 December 1943, 496 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 463 daily.
Hoosier Rch set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 9 December 1943.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

496 stations

496 station records on 9 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoosier Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde (1)	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Vrain	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneola	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoosier Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prairieview	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selsor Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

496 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 343.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1943

Top 20 records on 9 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1943	Hoosier Rch, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Palo Verde (1), US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Perryton, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Ashland, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Clovis, US	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Mountainair, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Miami, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Springer, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Campbell (Mun), ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	North Lake, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	28.5 cm (11.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	St Vrain, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	San Jon, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Springer, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Kenton, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Logan, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	North Lake, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	St Joseph Wbo, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Espanola, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1943	Liberal, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	44 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1943. 1943 had 496 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	345
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1