Weather Records on 9 March 1946

249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1946. Highest significance: Storm Lake, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 1946

On 9 March 1946, 249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 241 daily.
Storm Lake set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 9 March 1946.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

249 stations

249 station records on 9 March 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.7 C (-32.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Danger Point - Vrt.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

249 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 9 March 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 9 March 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1946

Top 20 records on 9 March 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1946	Storm Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1946	Sheboygan, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1946	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1946	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1946	Burra Burra, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1946	Rockford, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1946	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1946	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1946	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Rockwell City, US	daily snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Watertown Wwtp, US	monthly snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Rockford, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Port Hedland Post Office, AU	all-time high min	31.6 C (88.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Beauceville, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Owen Sound, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Storm Lake, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1946	Weldon, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	26 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

1798 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1946. 1946 had 249 records.

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

Records on 03-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1807	1
1808	2
1811	3
1813	2
1814	1
1815	1
1824	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1855	1
1858	1
1860	1
1862	2
1863	2
1864	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	6
1893	6
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1901	3
1902	9
1903	29
1904	8
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	36
1909	14
1910	21
1911	35
1912	25
1913	100
1914	66
1915	39
1916	53
1917	52
1918	32
1919	57
1920	23
1921	89
1922	31
1923	148
1924	104
1925	211
1926	133
1927	107
1928	187
1929	210
1930	114
1931	387
1932	1,604
1933	136
1934	266
1935	288
1936	350
1937	172
1938	209
1939	400
1940	263
1941	366
1942	453
1943	679
1944	685
1945	107
1946	249
1947	249
1948	857
1949	436
1950	382
1951	777
1952	266
1953	338
1954	689
1955	629
1956	452
1957	547
1958	534
1959	138
1960	1,155
1961	416
1962	552
1963	349
1964	1,148
1965	305
1966	478
1967	731
1968	771
1969	858
1970	403
1971	457
1972	957
1973	930
1974	1,694
1975	639
1976	635
1977	1,418
1978	952
1979	856
1980	444
1981	1,199
1982	879
1983	996
1984	1,365
1985	710
1986	965
1987	1,043
1988	743
1989	1,504
1990	1,140
1991	447
1992	1,377
1993	658
1994	1,897
1995	1,910
1996	3,236
1997	759
1998	1,710
1999	1,369
2000	2,384
2001	838
2002	1,514
2003	1,120
2004	1,162
2005	937
2006	1,129
2007	634
2008	1,201
2009	1,110
2010	1,409
2011	958
2012	909
2013	1,015
2014	982
2015	655
2016	1,285
2017	678
2018	435
2019	901
2020	759
2021	746
2022	1,209
2023	1,119
2024	536
2025	656
2026	1,050

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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 200	190
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1