Weather Records on 9 December 2012

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 2012. Highest significance: Yalgoo, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 2012

On 9 December 2012, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
306 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 737 daily.
Yalgoo set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 9 December 2012.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 9 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Connellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chulitna Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haboro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Summit 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Rch HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnicu Valcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Messina	Italy	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Takaroa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sankt Peter-Ording	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watford City 14S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medora	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 107, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 9 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	107
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 9 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 737.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

595 broken records

Margins by which the 595 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 2012

Top 20 records on 9 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 2012	Yalgoo, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2012	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2012	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2012	Columbia 8 N, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2012	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	19.4 cm (7.6 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2012	Chernivtsi, UA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Milan 1NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Connellsville 2 SSW, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Ashley, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Chulitna Rvr, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Mombetsu, JP	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Pembina, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	107 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Haboro, JP	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Summit 1 W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Benson, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Wilmot, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Kennebec, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Howard, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2012	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	51 years	45 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 753 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 9 December 2012
Margin	Records
0 to 50	547
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1