Weather Records on 9 March 1939

400 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1939. Highest significance: Henichesk, UA.

Key Facts for 9 March 1939

On 9 March 1939, 400 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 394 daily.
Henichesk set a daily record precipitation of 25.2 mm (1.0 in) on 9 March 1939.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

400 stations

400 station records on 9 March 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Natue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alma (Booligal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rochdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mercadool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magenta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

400 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 9 March 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 9 March 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1939

Top 20 records on 9 March 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1939	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Collarenebri (Dunumbral), AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Mulwala Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Natue, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Walgett (Goangra), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Goodooga (Brenda), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Gnomery, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Carinda (Boorooma), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Bunghill Tank, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Toulby, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Alma (Booligal), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1939	Rowena (Bungara), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1939. 1939 had 400 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 100	341
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1