Weather Records on 9 October 1943

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1943. Highest significance: Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU.

Key Facts for 9 October 1943

On 9 October 1943, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 439 daily.
Bungonia (Inverary Park) set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 9 October 1943.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 9 October 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton (Pyap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 October 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 October 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

377 broken records

Margins by which the 377 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1943

Top 20 records on 9 October 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1943	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1943	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Pinnaroo, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Carabost, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Loxton (Pyap), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Gudur, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Cavan, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Durbanville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Chikhli, IN	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1943	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1943	Triprayar, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1943	Nyah (Yarraby Tank), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1943	Sivaganga, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1943	Pimpalgaon, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1943	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1943	Guhagar, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1943	Mirannie, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 442 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	349
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1