Weather Records on 9 December 1946

1,308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1946. Highest significance: Kanakapura, IN.

Key Facts for 9 December 1946

On 9 December 1946, 1,308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
909 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 174 monthly and 1,134 daily.
Kanakapura set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 9 December 1946.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,308 stations

1,308 station records on 9 December 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mulki	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mandreal	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Okay 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sailana	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,308 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 444, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 465, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 354, Heaviest daily snowfall 24.

Records on 9 December 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	444
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	465
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 December 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 174, daily 1,134.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,118 broken records

Margins by which the 1,118 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1946

Top 20 records on 9 December 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1946	Kanakapura, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Perkins, CA	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Mulki, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Thalli, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Mangrol, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Kulithalai, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Mandreal, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Musiri, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Antah, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Thathaiengarpet, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Mantova, IT	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Gravette, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Muskogee, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Sangod, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Okay 2 NE, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1946	Wagoner, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	43 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1946. 1946 had 1,308 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1946-12-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	1,056
25 to 50	42
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2