Weather Records on 9 December 2010

1,726 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 2010. Highest significance: Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 2010

On 9 December 2010, 1,726 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
367 were record highs and 703 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 88 monthly and 1,628 daily.
Woodhouselee (Leeston) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 108.4 mm (4.3 in) on 9 December 2010.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,726 stations

1,726 station records on 9 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tubbul (Keiraville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dederang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Buffalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weethalle (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quandialla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovka-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Archerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Myrrhee (Joelyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buller	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Creek (Rocky Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Wooyeo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,726 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 269, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 434, Heaviest daily rainfall 428, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 222.

Records on 9 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	269
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	434
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	222

Records on 9 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 88, daily 1,628.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,382 broken records

Margins by which the 1,382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 2010

Top 20 records on 9 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 2010	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	monthly rain	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	123 years	78 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Tungamah, AU	monthly rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	115 years	78 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Bonnie Doon Garage, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	all-time rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	monthly snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	122 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Nariel Creek (Simpson), AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Tawonga, AU	all-time rain	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Tubbul (Keiraville), AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Walpa (Danyo), AU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Aneityum, VU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Dederang, AU	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Omeo Shannon Vale, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Lake Eildon, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2010	Smoky Bay, AU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	59 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2010. 2010 had 1,726 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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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	1,302
50 to 100	45
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	5
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1