Weather Records on 9 December 1964

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1964. Highest significance: Digby, CA.

Key Facts for 9 December 1964

On 9 December 1964, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 541 daily.
Digby set a daily record snowfall of 39.4 cm (15.5 in) on 9 December 1964.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 9 December 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dasna	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frankston 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balwyn North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anglesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khetri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 9 December 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 9 December 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1964

Top 20 records on 9 December 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1964	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1964	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1964	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Mornington, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Labertouche, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Alice, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Ringwood, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Portsea Quarantine Station, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Okhimath, IN	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Putbus, DE	daily high min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Burnley, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1964	Canterbury, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	40 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 547 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 50	455
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1