Weather Records on 9 December 2015

1,054 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 2015. Highest significance: Bonners Ferry, US.

Key Facts for 9 December 2015

On 9 December 2015, 1,054 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
859 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,005 daily.
Bonners Ferry set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 9 December 2015.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

1,054 stations

1,054 station records on 9 December 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eureka Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shantou	China	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tillamook	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chengde	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalama Falls Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carson Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Andoya	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nehalem 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,054 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 380, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 479, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 December 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	380
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	479
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 December 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 49, daily 1,005.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

842 broken records

Margins by which the 842 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 2015

Top 20 records on 9 December 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 2015	Bonners Ferry, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	McMillin Rsvr, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Battle Ground, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Eureka Rs, US	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Carboor, AU	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Xiamen, CN	monthly rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Shantou, CN	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Tillamook, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2015	Nanping, CN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Chengde, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Mud Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Kalama Falls Hatchery, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Shanwei, CN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Heyuan, CN	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	monthly high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Carson Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Holden Village, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2015	Yongan, CN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	50 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2015. 2015 had 1,054 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 20	811
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2