Weather Records on 9 December 1971

655 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1971. Highest significance: Frazier Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1971

On 9 December 1971, 655 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 633 daily.
Frazier Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 175.5 mm (6.9 in) on 9 December 1971.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

655 stations

655 station records on 9 December 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frazier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Denison Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Araraquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kahlotus 5 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cachoeiro Itapemiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ibitinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

655 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 97, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 9 December 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	97
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 9 December 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 633.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1971

Top 20 records on 9 December 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1971	Frazier Downs, AU	monthly rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1971	Thangoo, AU	monthly rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1971	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Muenster, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Marlin, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Princeton A, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Edmonton City Centre A, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Ben Lomond, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Wenatchee, US	all-time snowfall	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Wilbur, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Dallas FAA AP, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Greenwood, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Corsicana, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Denison Dam, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Anatone, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Detroit, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1971	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8 years	42 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 655 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	480
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1