Weather Records on 9 September 1959

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1959. Highest significance: 1 WSW Princeton, US.

Key Facts for 9 September 1959

On 9 September 1959, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
428 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 728 daily.
1 WSW Princeton set a daily record precipitation of 93.7 mm (3.7 in) on 9 September 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

736 stations

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

Weather records on 9 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Niwai	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beecroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kotaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wollstonecraft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	137.5 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuzvid	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palwal	India	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 9 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1959

Top 20 records on 9 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1959	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Niwai, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Whittlesea, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Diamond Harbour, IN	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Belleville, CA	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Kalna, IN	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Gohad, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Chatswood Water Supply, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Armagh, GB	daily high max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Beecroft, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Serampore, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Kotaghat, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Saltora, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1959	Peterborough, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 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

1806 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1959. 1959 had 736 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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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	487
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2