Weather Records on 9 December 1997

1,214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1997. Highest significance: Nockatunga Station, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1997

On 9 December 1997, 1,214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
505 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 1,145 daily.
Nockatunga Station set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 9 December 1997.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,214 stations

1,214 station records on 9 December 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nockatunga Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Mullaquana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Descalvado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Van	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Maria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Condowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wilgabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Calcannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Casca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rodrigues	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Bundabarina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shonkin 7 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cryon (Koothney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,214 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 314, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 397, Heaviest daily snowfall 135, Deepest snow cover 76.

Records on 9 December 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	314
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	397
Heaviest daily snowfall	135
Deepest snow cover	76

Records on 9 December 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 67, daily 1,145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

923 broken records

Margins by which the 923 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 1997

Top 20 records on 9 December 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1997	Nockatunga Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	98 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1997	Collarenebri (Albert St), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	110 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1997	Whyenbah, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	107 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1997	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1997	Dirranbandi High School, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	102 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1997	St James Wwtp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	American River, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Gwalior, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Saratow, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Whyalla (Mullaquana), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Bintulu, MY	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Ennis, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Redford, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Ogden Pioneer Ph, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Lewistown AP, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Pavillion, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1997	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1997. 1997 had 1,214 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 1997-12-09: 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	865
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1