Weather Records on 9 March 1959

138 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1959. Highest significance: Portage Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 1959

On 9 March 1959, 138 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 135 daily.
Portage Wwtp set a daily record snow depth of 63.5 cm (25.0 in) on 9 March 1959.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

138 stations

138 station records on 9 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
US Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mitiamo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Serowe	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ruel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Juliana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

138 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 9 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 9 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 135.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

113 broken records

Margins by which the 113 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 March 1959

Top 20 records on 9 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1959	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16.7 C (30.1 F)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Denison, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Gladwin, US	monthly snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Dom Mauricio, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1959	Green Bay, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Mankayane, SZ	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Willow Tree (Highlands), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Riva, IT	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Blackville (Welton Dale), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Ewing, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	49 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1959	Amsterdam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	49 years	22 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

1798 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1959. 1959 had 138 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 50	100
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2