Weather Records on 9 December 1959

217 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1959. Highest significance: Cressy Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1959

On 9 December 1959, 217 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 216 daily.
Cressy Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 9 December 1959.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

217 stations

217 station records on 9 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Algonquin Park	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woolmers Settlement	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broadholm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakkloof Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zima	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajim	India	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garrah (Wirringulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tonto Springs Rs 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

217 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1959

Top 20 records on 9 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1959	Cressy Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Lancaster 2 NE Pump St, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Mykland, NO	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Algonquin Park, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Tovdal, NO	daily snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Woolmers Settlement, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1959	Broadholm, ZA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Maryvale Station, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Waren, DE	daily low max	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily low max	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	61 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Herefoss, NO	daily snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Bulsfontein, ZA	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Jaen (Instituto), ES	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Uil, KZ	daily low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	64 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Wickenburg, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1959	Ekari Park, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	25 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1959. 1959 had 217 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 100	177
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2