Weather Records on 22 December 2009

992 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 2009. Highest significance: Marlinton, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 2009

On 22 December 2009, 992 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 917 daily.
Marlinton set a daily record snow depth of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 22 December 2009.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

992 stations

992 station records on 22 December 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marlinton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	244.5 mm (9.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chatham	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
S Mtn	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roden	Netherlands	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gassaway	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Natl Arboretum Dc	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Joure	Netherlands	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nijmegen	Netherlands	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woudenberg	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benschop	Netherlands	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gouda	Netherlands	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Megen	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Man	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moundsville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluestone Lake	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warffum	Netherlands	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seabrook Farms	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrs Creek 6 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Raleigh Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Earlehurst	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
WFO Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Opstveit	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

992 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 366.

Records on 22 December 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	366

Records on 22 December 2009 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 65, daily 917.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

816 broken records

Margins by which the 816 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 2009

Top 20 records on 22 December 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 2009	Marlinton, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Marshall, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	103 years	76 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	104 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Hot Springs, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Warrawagine, AU	all-time rain	244.5 mm (9.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Bluff, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Phila Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Baltimore-Washington Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Chatham, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 2009	S Mtn, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2009	Pardoo Station, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	104 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2009	Roden, NL	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2009	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2009	Seven Oaks, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2009	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 2009	Gassaway, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 years	57 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

1793 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2009. 2009 had 992 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 December 2009
Margin	Records
0 to 100	700
100 to 200	83
200 to 300	26
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	1