Weather Records on 9 April 1952

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1952. Highest significance: Coan Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 9 April 1952

On 9 April 1952, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 572 daily.
Coan Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 9 April 1952.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 9 April 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Onatchiway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgutherie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Agronomy Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmorey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 9 April 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 9 April 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 572.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1952

Top 20 records on 9 April 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1952	Coan Downs, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Araruna, BR	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Koorawatha (Boorowa Street), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Noondoo, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Lac Onatchiway, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Rainworth, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Bindango, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Ashland #2, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Fernlee, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Muvattupuzha, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Nelson, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Dinby, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1952	Argalong (the Farm), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	40 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 578 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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Data for records on 1952-04-09: 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	447
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1