Weather Records on 9 March 1934

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1934. Highest significance: Wandering Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 1934

On 9 March 1934, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 262 daily.
Wandering Comparison set an all-time record daily precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 9 March 1934.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 9 March 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hattin	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Jong Ranch, Howic	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jatusana	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsa	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwani	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 9 March 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 9 March 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 262.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1934

Top 20 records on 9 March 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1934	Wandering Comparison, AU	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1934	Perth Regional Office, AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1934	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1934	Hattin, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1934	Muktesar, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1934	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Bidyadanga, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	monthly high max	41.5 C (106.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	monthly low min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Maclear (Mag), ZA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	De Jong Ranch, Howic, ZA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Hartington, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1934	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	43 years	24 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1934. 1934 had 266 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	211
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1