Weather Records on 9 December 1957

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1957. Highest significance: Gollhofen, DE.

Key Facts for 9 December 1957

On 9 December 1957, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
321 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 542 daily.
Gollhofen set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 9 December 1957.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 9 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chute Aux Galets	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winton (Nioka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delareyville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

459 broken records

Margins by which the 459 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1957

Top 20 records on 9 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1957	Gollhofen, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Kerkeriya, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Penn Yan, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Digby, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Philadelphia, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.2 C (77.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Windsor, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Glendive, US	monthly high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Santa Paula, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1957	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1957	Pincher Creek Town, CA	monthly high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1957	Quipolly Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1957	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1957	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1957	Gore Bay, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	32 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 565 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	435
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2