Weather Records on 9 March 1949

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1949. Highest significance: Devonport Harbour Master, AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 1949

On 9 March 1949, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 427 daily.
Devonport Harbour Master set a monthly record daily precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 9 March 1949.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 9 March 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Browne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glengarry (West Tamar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castra Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 9 March 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 9 March 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1949

Top 20 records on 9 March 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1949	Devonport Harbour Master, AU	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1949	Mount Browne, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Ulverstone (Knights Road), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Kindred (Invergordon), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Moina, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Huonville, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Mole Creek, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Melrose, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Yolla (Sea View), AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Railton (Cement Australia), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Bridport Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Caveside, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Koo Wee Rup, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Latrobe (Coal Road), AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1949	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	47 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1949. 1949 had 436 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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Data for records on 1949-03-09: 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 50	367
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1