Weather Records on 9 December 1993

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1993. Highest significance: Roodepoort, ZA.

Key Facts for 9 December 1993

On 9 December 1993, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
599 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 891 daily.
Roodepoort set a daily record precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 9 December 1993.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

912 stations

912 station records on 9 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zharyk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
King Salmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wellshot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narada Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nandowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yalleroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Leonard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhuj-Rudramata	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 275, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 324, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 9 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	275
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	324
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 9 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 891.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

705 broken records

Margins by which the 705 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 1993

Top 20 records on 9 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1993	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1993	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1993	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1993	Malboona, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1993	Buderim Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1993	Lajes Ab, PT	monthly rain	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1993	Strathdarr, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Isis Downs, AU	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Zharyk, KZ	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	King Salmon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Wellshot, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Ascencion (Smn), MX	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Narada Downs, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Dynevor Downs, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Westland, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1993	Nandowrie, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	48 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 912 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1993-12-09: 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	685
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2