Weather Records on 9 December 2001

505 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 2001. Highest significance: Qionghai, CN.

Key Facts for 9 December 2001

On 9 December 2001, 505 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
174 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 491 daily.
Qionghai set a monthly record daily precipitation of 160.5 mm (6.3 in) on 9 December 2001.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

505 stations

505 station records on 9 December 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monclova	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
The Poplars	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tokmak	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Medway	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buffumville Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heath	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ejutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.4 C (-24.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Todd River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Masljanino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

505 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 9 December 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 9 December 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 2001

Top 20 records on 9 December 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 2001	Qionghai, CN	monthly rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2001	Undoolya, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	102 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2001	Warburton Airfield, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2001	Monclova, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Giles Meteorological Office, AU	monthly rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	monthly snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	The Poplars, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Hardwick, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Nanjing, CN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Tokmak, KG	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Canaan, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Hefei, CN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Guangzhou, CN	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Palmerville, AU	daily high min	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Alice Springs Airport, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Alcove Dam, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Buzau, RO	daily low min	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2001	Farmerville, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2001. 2001 had 505 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 2001-12-09: 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	365
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1