Weather Records on 9 December 1975

668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1975. Highest significance: Wallareenya, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1975

On 9 December 1975, 668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 648 daily.
Wallareenya set a monthly record daily precipitation of 201.2 mm (7.9 in) on 9 December 1975.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

668 stations

668 station records on 9 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tabba Tabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yoweragabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marillana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olds	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	266.0 mm (10.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wanarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nonda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campina da Alegria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montenegro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koolatah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Empress	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

668 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 9 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 9 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 648.

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 198.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1975

Top 20 records on 9 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1975	Wallareenya, AU	monthly rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1975	Abydos Woodstock, AU	monthly rain	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	197.8 mm (7.8 in)	32 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1975	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1975	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1975	Mundabullangana, AU	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1975	Hamersley, AU	all-time rain	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1975	Bamboo Springs, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1975	Tabba Tabba, AU	monthly rain	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1975	Bowgada, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Yoweragabbie, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Marillana, AU	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Olds, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Coolawanyah, AU	all-time rain	266.0 mm (10.5 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	High River, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	High River, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Port Hope, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1975	Wanarie, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	50 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1975. 1975 had 668 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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Data for records on 1975-12-09: 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 25	459
25 to 50	33
50 to 75	16
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	3