Weather Records on 9 November 1947

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 November 1947. Highest significance: Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 9 November 1947

On 9 November 1947, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 483 daily.
Ithaca Cornell UNIV set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 9 November 1947.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 9 November 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 November 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wonwondah (Mount Zero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lavers Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bellellen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castra Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Evandale (Ridgeside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mooralla (Woodleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woolmers Settlement	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wihareja	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 9 November 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 382, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 9 November 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	382
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 9 November 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 November 1947

Top 20 records on 9 November 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 November 1947	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Tyrendarra (Ellangowan), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Deloraine (Athol), AU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Stillwater, CA	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Kybybolite Research Centre, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Drung Drung, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Beaufort (Wongan), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Carrick (Oaks Road), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Wonwondah (Mount Zero), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Derrinallum (Craigmore), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Lavers Hill, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1947	Osterley, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	43 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

1794 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 499 records.

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

Records on 11-09 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1828	1
1835	1
1849	1
1856	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	2
1875	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	20
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	3
1900	2
1901	2
1902	6
1903	3
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	3
1908	13
1909	11
1910	8
1911	15
1912	12
1913	50
1914	45
1915	34
1916	45
1917	121
1918	19
1919	76
1920	96
1921	176
1922	21
1923	191
1924	89
1925	224
1926	341
1927	213
1928	81
1929	120
1930	280
1931	997
1932	308
1933	652
1934	442
1935	276
1936	368
1937	354
1938	360
1939	346
1940	611
1941	604
1942	384
1943	521
1944	299
1945	1,211
1946	773
1947	499
1948	439
1949	310
1950	903
1951	506
1952	471
1953	483
1954	675
1955	605
1956	426
1957	341
1958	460
1959	309
1960	488
1961	382
1962	611
1963	362
1964	374
1965	227
1966	1,529
1967	629
1968	681
1969	508
1970	603
1971	887
1972	432
1973	996
1974	430
1975	1,339
1976	1,154
1977	1,361
1978	726
1979	815
1980	916
1981	883
1982	1,189
1983	872
1984	920
1985	1,472
1986	1,766
1987	614
1988	588
1989	967
1990	994
1991	2,382
1992	929
1993	715
1994	885
1995	1,304
1996	1,262
1997	774
1998	1,214
1999	2,238
2000	2,444
2001	811
2002	872
2003	732
2004	874
2005	1,655
2006	1,236
2007	744
2008	523
2009	714
2010	1,201
2011	1,082
2012	927
2013	451
2014	475
2015	976
2016	1,247
2017	413
2018	1,217
2019	921
2020	2,410
2021	413
2022	1,489
2023	637
2024	839
2025	499

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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 50	424
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1