Weather Records on 9 December 2000

920 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 2000. Highest significance: Anna Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 2000

On 9 December 2000, 920 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
542 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 897 daily.
Anna Plains set a monthly record daily precipitation of 233.8 mm (9.2 in) on 9 December 2000.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

920 stations

920 station records on 9 December 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.8 mm (9.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mittiebah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.2 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alroy Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Soudan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carsland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.4 mm (6.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sweetgrass	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banka Banka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Apuka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itapebi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monte S. Angelo	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

920 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 9 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 9 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

772 broken records

Margins by which the 772 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 2000

Top 20 records on 9 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 2000	Anna Plains, AU	monthly rain	233.8 mm (9.2 in)	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	61 years	77 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2000	Ranken River, AU	daily rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2000	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	90 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2000	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Mittiebah, AU	all-time rain	167.2 mm (6.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	105 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Hialeah, US	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Alroy Downs, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Soudan, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	New England, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Carsland, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Glasgow, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Alexandria, AU	monthly rain	172.4 mm (6.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	143 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2000	Sweetgrass, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	70 years	41 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2000. 2000 had 920 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 2000-12-09: 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 20	706
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1