Weather Records on 9 December 1944

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1944. Highest significance: Harnosand, SE.

Key Facts for 9 December 1944

On 9 December 1944, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 324 daily.
Harnosand set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 9 December 1944.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 9 December 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iola	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ansonia 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hartsel	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	113.0 cm (44.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalcowinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 9 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 9 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 324.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1944

Top 20 records on 9 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1944	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Ottawa, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Headingly Station, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Umea, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Iola, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Nominingue, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Pleasanton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1944	Udhapur, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	Iola, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	Sonamarg &, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	Ansonia 2 W, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	Gysinge, SE	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	El Dorado, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	Great Falls, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	Garnett 1 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1944	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	34 years	26 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1944. 1944 had 327 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	263
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1