Weather Records on 9 December 1982

589 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1982. Highest significance: Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1982

On 9 December 1982, 589 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 553 daily.
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River) set a daily record precipitation of 112.0 mm (4.4 in) on 9 December 1982.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

589 stations

589 station records on 9 December 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.2 mm (6.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma WSO AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arteaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Florida	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mexicali (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anchieta (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bear River Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pandale 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonichi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Afton 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Desert Resorts Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Oregano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar City AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

589 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 9 December 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 9 December 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 553.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 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 1982

Top 20 records on 9 December 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1982	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1982	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1982	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	165.2 mm (6.5 in)	153.3 mm (6.0 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1982	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1982	Lewis Hill (St Pauls River), AU	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1982	Eddystone Point, AU	monthly rain	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1982	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1982	Tower Hill, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Yuma WSO AP, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	El Centro 2 SSW, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Ormley, AU	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	monthly rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Arteaga (Smn), MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Florida, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1982	Marathon, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	69 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1982. 1982 had 589 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	473
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1