Weather Records on 9 July 1939

345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1939. Highest significance: Suldalsvatn, NO.

Key Facts for 9 July 1939

On 9 July 1939, 345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 330 daily.
Suldalsvatn set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 9 July 1939.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

345 stations

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

Weather records on 9 July 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malkangiri	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	288.3 mm (11.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Erandol	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pilgrims Rest (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umbergaon	India	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

345 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 9 July 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1939 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 8, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1939

Top 20 records on 9 July 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1939	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1939	Sviland, NO	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1939	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1939	Malkangiri, IN	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1939	Mandangad, IN	daily rain	288.3 mm (11.4 in)	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1939	Coldwater, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1939	Yeotmal, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1939	Lenoir, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1939	Lucan, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Sabinal, US	all-time high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Falmouth, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Pusad, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Water Valley, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	University, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Mahbubnagar, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Hondo, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	South Pass City, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Neemkathana, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1939	Erandol, IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	26 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 345 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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	237
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1