Weather Records on 9 March 1919

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1919. Highest significance: Peterborough, CA.

Key Facts for 9 March 1919

On 9 March 1919, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 52 daily.
Peterborough set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 9 March 1919.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 9 March 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allegan 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goonal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 32, Heaviest daily snowfall 20.

Records on 9 March 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 March 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

45 broken records

Margins by which the 45 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 272.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1919

Top 20 records on 9 March 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1919	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1919	Clontarf, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1919	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1919	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1919	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1919	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1919	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Port Stanley, CA	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Renfrew, CA	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Georgetown, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	2 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1919	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	22 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1919. 1919 had 57 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 50	33
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1