Weather Records on 9 April 1955

484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1955. Highest significance: Calton Hills Station, AU.

Key Facts for 9 April 1955

On 9 April 1955, 484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 478 daily.
Calton Hills Station set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 9 April 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

484 stations

484 station records on 9 April 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Noccundra Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ongerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	156.0 cm (61.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record snow depth	147.0 cm (57.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rooirivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

484 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 9 April 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 9 April 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 478.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1955

Top 20 records on 9 April 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1955	Calton Hills Station, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1955	Noccundra Police Station, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Fernie, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Gundare, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Broken Hill (Nuntherungie), AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Manjimup, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Ongerup, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Jennings, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Augathella Post Office, AU	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Escanaba, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Boyup Brook, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Burenda, AU	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Willowmore, ZA	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Barrie, CA	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1955	Toronto, CA	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	36 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 484 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	402
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1