Weather Records on 9 July 1940

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1940. Highest significance: Sarangarh, IN.

Key Facts for 9 July 1940

On 9 July 1940, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 312 daily.
Sarangarh set a daily record precipitation of 224.8 mm (8.9 in) on 9 July 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

319 stations

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

Weather records on 9 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	191.5 mm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kusrangi	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Padampur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolangir	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pindron	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 177.

Records on 9 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 312.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1940

Top 20 records on 9 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1940	Sarangarh, IN	daily rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Arang, IN	daily rain	191.5 mm (7.5 in)	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Sambalpur, IN	daily rain	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Baloda Bazar, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Szeged, HU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Dhamtari, IN	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Kusrangi, IN	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Walhalla, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Mahasamund, IN	daily rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Athmalik, IN	daily rain	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	109.9 mm (4.3 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Khairdatan, IN	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Gariabund, IN	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Bargarh, IN	daily rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Holly Springs 2 N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Madison, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1940	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	39 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

1793 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 319 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 25	231
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	3