Weather Records on 9 March 1936

350 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1936. Highest significance: Croydon Township, AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 1936

On 9 March 1936, 350 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
239 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 348 daily.
Croydon Township set a daily record precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 9 March 1936.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

350 stations

350 station records on 9 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	292.0 cm (115.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

350 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 9 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 9 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 348.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1020.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1936

Top 20 records on 9 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1936	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1936	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1936	Steytlerville (Mag), ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1936	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1936	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1936	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Arcadia, US	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	292.0 cm (115.0 in)	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	St Augustine, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1936	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	25 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1936. 1936 had 350 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 200	284
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1