Weather Records on 9 March 1956

452 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1956. Highest significance: Clark 4 SW, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 1956

On 9 March 1956, 452 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 436 daily.
Clark 4 SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 9 March 1956.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

452 stations

452 station records on 9 March 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khosis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Papkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doyles Creek (Wood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wollstonecraft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perthville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mascot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plashett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ganmain (Dullah Dullah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenny Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Kalk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Brug (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

452 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 9 March 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 9 March 1956 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 11, daily 436.

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 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1956

Top 20 records on 9 March 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1956	Clark 4 SW, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1956	Merriwa (Cranbourne), AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Belgaum, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Powell, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Byrock Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Khosis, ZA	all-time rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Boetsap (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Nevertire (Clyde St), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Binnaway (Wattle St), AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Papkuil, ZA	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Doyles Creek (Wood Park), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Kynnersley, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1956	Wollstonecraft, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	39 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1956. 1956 had 452 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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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	392
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1