Weather Records on 9 August 1915

61 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1915. Highest significance: Qu'appelle, CA.

Key Facts for 9 August 1915

On 9 August 1915, 61 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 61 daily.
Qu'appelle set a daily record high maximum temperature of 35.0 C (95.0 F) on 9 August 1915.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

61 stations

61 station records on 9 August 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Wondo Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

61 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 42.

Records on 9 August 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 61.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 11.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1915

Top 20 records on 9 August 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1915	Qu'appelle, CA	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Callington, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Landsort, SE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Gavle, SE	daily rain	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Corny Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	5 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Sydney, CA	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Hanover, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Arrowie, AU	daily rain	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Southampton, CA	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Halifax, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	St John's, CA	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	1 year	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1915	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	8 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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

1798 to 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1915. 1915 had 61 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 2	21
2 to 4	12
4 to 6	8
6 to 8	4
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	2