Weather Records on 9 December 1991

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1991. Highest significance: Soledad de Graciano, MX.

Key Facts for 9 December 1991

On 9 December 1991, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
459 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 850 daily.
Soledad de Graciano set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.9 mm (4.2 in) on 9 December 1991.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 9 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soledad de Graciano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selvister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Rosarito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Mar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Methoni	Greece	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Dare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bahia de Los Angeles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corfu	Greece	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inza	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 9 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 9 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 850.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1991

Top 20 records on 9 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1991	Soledad de Graciano, MX	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Tottori, JP	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Allegan 5NE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Funk Rch, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Moble, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Selvister, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Nuevo Rosarito, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Paris, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Hvar, HR	daily low max	2.4 C (36.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Santa Maria del Mar, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Wolfe City, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Poretskoye, RU	daily low max	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Columbus, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Waterville, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1991	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	39 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1991. 1991 had 878 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	670
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1