Weather Records on 9 April 1942

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1942. Highest significance: Johnstown, US.

Key Facts for 9 April 1942

On 9 April 1942, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 404 daily.
Johnstown set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 9 April 1942.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 9 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Sus Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 9 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 9 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1942

Top 20 records on 9 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1942	Johnstown, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1942	St Catharines, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1942	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Crosbyton, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Jackson Exp STN, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Greensburg 2 S, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Osceola, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Shawneetown Old Town, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Union City, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Golconda River, US	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Greenville, US	daily rain	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Johnsonville, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Paoli, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Batesville, US	all-time rain	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1942	Sikeston, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	46 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 432 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	271
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1