Weather Records on 9 August 1933

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1933. Highest significance: Grant City, US.

Key Facts for 9 August 1933

On 9 August 1933, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 240 daily.
Grant City set a daily record precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 9 August 1933.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 9 August 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poonch	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russelkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	241.6 mm (9.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simga	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dharingbadi	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Obagama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 132.

Records on 9 August 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1933 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

198 broken records

Margins by which the 198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1933

Top 20 records on 9 August 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1933	Grant City, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Banki Bankigarh, IN	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Khurda, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Kanas, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Gallatin 1W, US	all-time rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Phulbani, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Tamia, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Poonch, IN	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Afton, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Chendipada, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Chicholi, IN	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Chandrapur, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1933	Greenfield, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1933	Soro, IN	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1933	Jaipur, IN	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1933	Rogersville 1 NE, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1933	Russelkonda, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1933	Pachmarhi, IN	daily rain	241.6 mm (9.5 in)	99.9 mm (3.9 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 August 1933	Simga, IN	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	30 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1933. 1933 had 250 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1933-08-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	155
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	2