Weather Records on 9 December 2016

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 2016. Highest significance: Highmarket 2W, US.

Key Facts for 9 December 2016

On 9 December 2016, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 667 daily.
Highmarket 2W set a daily record snowfall of 44.5 cm (17.5 in) on 9 December 2016.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 9 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
White Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blind Bull Sum	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pyengana (Forest Lodge Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Ambarcik	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Triple Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buttonwillow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Todd River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.3 C (-20.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
May 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Powerhouse #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon-Ksra	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 9 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 9 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

556 broken records

Margins by which the 556 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 2016

Top 20 records on 9 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 2016	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2016	Antelope 6 SSW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 December 2016	Landsburg, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Lower Hay Creek, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Warsaw 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Mundubbera, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Connorville (Lake River), AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Madras, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Marathon, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Changchun, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	La Grande, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Quilcene 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Emmett 2 E, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Arlington, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Tejon Rancho, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	White Mill, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2016	Pinedale, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	53 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2016. 2016 had 679 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	522
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2