Weather Records on 9 May 1935

111 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1935. Highest significance: Butterworth (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 9 May 1935

On 9 May 1935, 111 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 110 daily.
Butterworth (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 9 May 1935.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

111 stations

111 station records on 9 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maunawili Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

111 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 9 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 110.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

98 broken records

Margins by which the 98 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 32.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1935

Top 20 records on 9 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1935	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1935	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1935	Havana, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1935	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	San Antonio Nursery, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Quincy, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Arad, RO	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Warsaw, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Steffenville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	49 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Channagiri, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Griggsville, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Dunedin, ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1935	Mantova, IT	daily rain	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	43 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 111 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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 5	55
5 to 10	16
10 to 15	12
15 to 20	6
20 to 25	5
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	2