Weather Records on 9 April 1940

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1940. Highest significance: Burdekin Shire Council, AU.

Key Facts for 9 April 1940

On 9 April 1940, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 210 daily.
Burdekin Shire Council set a daily record precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 9 April 1940.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 9 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malayattur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palghat	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santhanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 9 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 210.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1940

Top 20 records on 9 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1940	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Lynchburg 7 St Brg, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Maryvale Station, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Ketty, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Malayattur, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Gobichettipalaya, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Woodhouse, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Darlington, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1940	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1940	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1940	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1940	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1940	Laura Post Office, AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1940	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	27 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 214 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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	149
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1