Weather Records on 9 December 1965

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1965. Highest significance: Putten (Gld), NL.

Key Facts for 9 December 1965

On 9 December 1965, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 678 daily.
Putten (Gld) set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 9 December 1965.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

706 stations

706 station records on 9 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	168.3 mm (6.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	219.0 mm (8.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broderup	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lennestadt-Theten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Recklinghausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boskoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delft	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zegveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heemstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Trumbull	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 434, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 9 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	434
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 9 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 678.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

618 broken records

Margins by which the 618 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1965

Top 20 records on 9 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1965	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1965	Karikode, IN	monthly rain	168.3 mm (6.6 in)	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1965	Cork Station, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1965	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1965	Fort Cochin, IN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1965	Mannarghat, IN	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1965	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1965	Kerkwerve, NL	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	219.0 mm (8.6 in)	172.3 mm (6.8 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Mavelikara, IN	monthly rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Buxton, GB	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Parur, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Satyamangalam, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Old Koreelah (McPherson), AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1965	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	18 years	52 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1965. 1965 had 706 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1965-12-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	612
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1