Weather Records on 9 August 1944

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1944. Highest significance: Curnomona (Curnamona), AU.

Key Facts for 9 August 1944

On 9 August 1944, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 632 daily.
Curnomona (Curnamona) set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 9 August 1944.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 9 August 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Willogoleche)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ballandool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chechat	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tonderburine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pali	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur Sahara	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anand	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jawaja	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 298.

Records on 9 August 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1944 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 11, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1944

Top 20 records on 9 August 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1944	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1944	Boorara, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1944	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1944	Fort Frances, CA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Magnolia, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Angus 1 N, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Vavenby, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Hallett (Willogoleche), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Ballandool, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Dug (Dag), IN	daily rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Chechat, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Tonderburine, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Hallett, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1944	Glacier, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	36 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

1798 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1944. 1944 had 647 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

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Data for records on 1944-08-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	469
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1