Weather Records on 9 October 1940

119 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1940. Highest significance: Sringeri, IN.

Key Facts for 9 October 1940

On 9 October 1940, 119 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 114 daily.
Sringeri set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 9 October 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

119 stations

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

Weather records on 9 October 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shimoga	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madhugiri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hirekerur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

119 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 64.

Records on 9 October 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 114.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

106 broken records

Margins by which the 106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1940

Top 20 records on 9 October 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1940	Sringeri, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	Raichur, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	Minicoy Obsy, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	Baindur, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	Steveston, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	Mudhol, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	Stave Falls, CA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1940	Vancouver Pmo, CA	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Shimoga, IN	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Bhatkal, IN	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Bathurst, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Udipi, IN	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Haveri, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Arsikere, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1940	Gubbi Sr, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	24 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 119 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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	89
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1