Weather Records on 9 December 1976

868 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1976. Highest significance: Caete, BR.

Key Facts for 9 December 1976

On 9 December 1976, 868 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 473 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 862 daily.
Caete set a daily record precipitation of 132.5 mm (5.2 in) on 9 December 1976.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

868 stations

868 station records on 9 December 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Rio Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juquia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itanhaem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Prosperidade (Gm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baixo Guandu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yorkton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carmo da Mata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Capinzal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albanel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cerradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

868 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 228, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 245, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 9 December 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	228
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	245
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 9 December 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 862.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1976

Top 20 records on 9 December 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1976	Caete, BR	daily rain	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Virden, CA	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Grindstone Island, CA	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Usina Rio Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Rocky Mt, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Nazare Paulista, BR	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Juquia, BR	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Itanhaem, BR	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Vila Prosperidade (Gm), BR	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Brockville, CA	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Baddeck, CA	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Santa Isabel, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Iguape, BR	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Hamiota, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Parrsboro, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1976	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	74 years	36 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 868 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 1976-12-09: 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 50	666
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1