Weather Records on 9 May 1942

180 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1942. Highest significance: Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN.

Key Facts for 9 May 1942

On 9 May 1942, 180 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 177 daily.
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab set a daily record precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 9 May 1942.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

180 stations

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

Weather records on 9 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wahluke	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walpeup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

180 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 9 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 177.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1942

Top 20 records on 9 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1942	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1942	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Attabari, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Moran India, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Troy, US	monthly low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Snowville, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Wilton, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Hatton 9 SE, US	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Huntington, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Kamloops, CA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Lacrosse, US	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Pilao Arcado, BR	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Barra, BR	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Lillooet, CA	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	61 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Salmon Arm, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Ephrata, US	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1942	Princeton, CA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	28 years	20 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 180 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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 10	130
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1