Weather Records on 9 December 1952

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1952. Highest significance: Sankari, IN.

Key Facts for 9 December 1952

On 9 December 1952, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 526 daily.
Sankari set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.7 mm (4.4 in) on 9 December 1952.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 9 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pendraka	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Theunissen (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chitvel	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagamandala	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarima	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 9 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 9 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 526.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1952

Top 20 records on 9 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1952	Sankari, IN	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Nagamangala, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Erode, IN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Pakala, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Simcoe, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Avanigadda, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Rapalle, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Tadepalligudem, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Mummidivaram, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Pendraka, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Mandya, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Manginapudi, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Jeypore, IN	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Padwa, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Ruel, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Chiknayakanihall, IN	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1952	Koratagere, IN	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	11 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1952. 1952 had 553 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 100	452
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1