Weather Records on 9 April 1950

750 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1950. Highest significance: Walnut, US.

Key Facts for 9 April 1950

On 9 April 1950, 750 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 321 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 736 daily.
Walnut set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 9 April 1950.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

750 stations

750 station records on 9 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halliford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bensons Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eleanor	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

750 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 228, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	228
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 736.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1950

Top 20 records on 9 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1950	Walnut, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1950	Mount Ryde, AU	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1950	St Arnaud, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Petford, AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	North End, ZA	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Halliford, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Spearfish, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Brainerd, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Prestwood Station, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Hampton, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Barrine, AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	La Salle Peru, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1950	Uitkyk, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 750 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 50	597
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2