Weather Records on 9 April 1949

179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1949. Highest significance: Sharpes Siding, AU.

Key Facts for 9 April 1949

On 9 April 1949, 179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 174 daily.
Sharpes Siding set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 9 April 1949.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

179 stations

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

Weather records on 9 April 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quixeramobim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crownpoint	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cashmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girvan Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

179 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 April 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 April 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1949

Top 20 records on 9 April 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1949	Sharpes Siding, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1949	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1949	Topchanchi, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1949	Chardzhev, TM	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1949	Badagara, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1949	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Quixeramobim, BR	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Talkeetna AP, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Ellenview, AU	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Valley of Lagoons, AU	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Uxbridge, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Bom Jesus da Lapa, BR	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Narrogin, AU	monthly high min	23.1 C (73.6 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Northam, AU	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	1.4 C (34.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Ft Valley, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Purdum, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Truchas, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	daily low max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1949	Santa Paula, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	51 years	23 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

1793 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 179 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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 20	146
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1