Weather Records on 9 May 1959

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1959. Highest significance: Chandler, US.

Key Facts for 9 May 1959

On 9 May 1959, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 248 daily.
Chandler set a daily record precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 9 May 1959.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

252 stations

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

Weather records on 9 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tamboril	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acude General Sampaio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scenic	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mamit Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aracatiacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 9 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 248.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

210 broken records

Margins by which the 210 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1959

Top 20 records on 9 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1959	Chandler, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1959	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1959	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1959	Tamboril, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1959	Alipurduar, IN	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1959	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1959	Jammalamadugu, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Leoti, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Bedetti(Behali), IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Buxton, GB	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Harmati, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Barkerville, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Coldwater, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Mount Barker, AU	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Acude General Sampaio, BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Truxton Canyon, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Caesars Head, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Kodaikanal, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1959	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	61 years	28 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 252 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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 10	161
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1