Weather Records on 9 July 1916

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1916. Highest significance: Chattanooga Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 9 July 1916

On 9 July 1916, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 43 daily.
Chattanooga Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 9 July 1916.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 9 July 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerslie 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 27.

Records on 9 July 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1916

Top 20 records on 9 July 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1916	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1916	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1916	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Ellerslie 2, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Tumbarumba 1, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Albury, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Nelgowrie, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Wallabadah, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high max	43.0 C (109.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high max	34.5 C (94.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	3 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	33 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1916	Paterson, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	23 years	13 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

1793 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 43 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 9 July 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	25
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1