Weather Records on 9 July 1959

483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1959. Highest significance: Mulakumood, IN.

Key Facts for 9 July 1959

On 9 July 1959, 483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 460 daily.
Mulakumood set a monthly record daily precipitation of 150.6 mm (5.9 in) on 9 July 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

483 stations

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

Weather records on 9 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mulakumood	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarmera	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dalsinghsarai	India	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dabhoi	India	Record daily precipitation	180.7 mm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	240.3 mm (9.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mac Mac Bos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

483 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 9 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1959

Top 20 records on 9 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1959	Mulakumood, IN	monthly rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1959	Ekangersarai, IN	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Rajauli, IN	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Vardoe, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Lalganj, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Patna Obsy, IN	daily rain	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Kalimpong Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Hajipur, IN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Vastervik, SE	all-time high max	33.2 C (91.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Sarmera, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Carnegie 5 NE, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Putbus, DE	daily high min	18.8 C (65.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Nawadah, IN	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Viljujsk, RU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Barh, IN	monthly rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Winthrop UNIV, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1959	Newberry, US	monthly rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 483 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 20	348
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3