Weather Records on 9 March 1917

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1917. Highest significance: Miles Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 1917

On 9 March 1917, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 52 daily.
Miles Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 9 March 1917.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 9 March 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 9 March 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 9 March 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

42 broken records

Margins by which the 42 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1917

Top 20 records on 9 March 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1917	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Galway, IE	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Cet Central England, GB	daily low min	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Durham, GB	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Vestervig, DK	daily low max	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Ida, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Sheffield, GB	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Kristianstad, SE	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	St Helena Island, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1917	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	28 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1917. 1917 had 52 records.

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

Records on 03-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1807	1
1808	2
1811	3
1813	2
1814	1
1815	1
1824	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1855	1
1858	1
1860	1
1862	2
1863	2
1864	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	6
1893	6
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1901	3
1902	9
1903	29
1904	8
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	36
1909	14
1910	21
1911	35
1912	25
1913	100
1914	66
1915	39
1916	53
1917	52
1918	32
1919	57
1920	23
1921	89
1922	31
1923	148
1924	104
1925	211
1926	133
1927	107
1928	187
1929	210
1930	114
1931	387
1932	1,604
1933	136
1934	266
1935	288
1936	350
1937	172
1938	209
1939	400
1940	263
1941	366
1942	453
1943	679
1944	685
1945	107
1946	249
1947	249
1948	857
1949	436
1950	382
1951	777
1952	266
1953	338
1954	689
1955	629
1956	452
1957	547
1958	534
1959	138
1960	1,155
1961	416
1962	552
1963	349
1964	1,148
1965	305
1966	478
1967	731
1968	771
1969	858
1970	403
1971	457
1972	957
1973	930
1974	1,694
1975	639
1976	635
1977	1,418
1978	952
1979	856
1980	444
1981	1,199
1982	879
1983	996
1984	1,365
1985	710
1986	965
1987	1,043
1988	743
1989	1,504
1990	1,140
1991	447
1992	1,377
1993	658
1994	1,897
1995	1,910
1996	3,236
1997	759
1998	1,710
1999	1,369
2000	2,384
2001	838
2002	1,514
2003	1,120
2004	1,162
2005	937
2006	1,129
2007	634
2008	1,201
2009	1,110
2010	1,409
2011	958
2012	909
2013	1,015
2014	982
2015	655
2016	1,285
2017	678
2018	435
2019	901
2020	759
2021	746
2022	1,209
2023	1,119
2024	536
2025	656
2026	1,050

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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 20	34
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1