Weather Records on 9 October 1945

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1945. Highest significance: Orogrande, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1945

On 9 October 1945, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 526 daily.
Orogrande set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 9 October 1945.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 9 October 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narkatiyaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ouricuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 9 October 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 526.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1945

Top 20 records on 9 October 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1945	Orogrande, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Silver City, US	all-time rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Pombal, BR	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Cliff, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Tanjavur, IN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Amalner, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Cornwall, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	San Simon, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	San Simon 5 NW, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Hatch, US	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Dilley, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Kattumavadi, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Runge, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Calliope Public School, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Whitsett 3 SW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1945	Northfield, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	35 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 539 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 10	339
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1