Weather Records on 9 October 1916

126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1916. Highest significance: Newark Liberty Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1916

On 9 October 1916, 126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 125 daily.
Newark Liberty Intl AP set a daily record high maximum temperature of 30.0 C (86.0 F) on 9 October 1916.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

126 stations

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

Weather records on 9 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Corrong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Tragowell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Merungle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tareena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

126 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 105.

Records on 9 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 125.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

114 broken records

Margins by which the 114 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 18.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1916

Top 20 records on 9 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1916	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Moolpa, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Tyntynder Station, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Swan Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Yielima Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Kaarimba, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Blinman (Wirrealpa), AU	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Lake Corrong, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1916	Cundare South, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	23 years	20 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 126 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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 3	47
3 to 5	29
5 to 8	19
8 to 10	15
10 to 13	2
13 to 15	1
15 to 18	0
18 to 20	1