Weather Records on 9 December 1947

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1947. Highest significance: Cundletown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1947

On 9 December 1947, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 289 daily.
Cundletown Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 293.4 mm (11.6 in) on 9 December 1947.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

303 stations

303 station records on 9 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	293.4 mm (11.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Windera Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pomingalarna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tonderburine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Black Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Windy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 9 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 9 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1947

Top 20 records on 9 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1947	Cundletown Post Office, AU	all-time rain	293.4 mm (11.6 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1947	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	monthly rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1947	Krambach Post Office, AU	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Coolah (Binnia St), AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Blackville (Krui Vale), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Goomeri Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Kodiak, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Windera Creek, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Cooranbong (Avondale), AU	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Rotherwood, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Blackville Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Jennings, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Kickerbell, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1947	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	36 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1947. 1947 had 303 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	222
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1