Weather Records on 9 May 1961

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1961. Highest significance: Nilakottai, IN.

Key Facts for 9 May 1961

On 9 May 1961, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 512 daily.
Nilakottai set a daily record precipitation of 76.0 mm (3.0 in) on 9 May 1961.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 9 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Addison Dam 45	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta Dam 35	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brent Dam 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro Trtmt Plt E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Ghee	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evans Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Copainala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 9 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1961

Top 20 records on 9 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1961	Nilakottai, IN	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Munfordville 5 NW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Addison Dam 45, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Carrabelle 1 NNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Henryville Sf, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Oneonta Dam 35, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Nossen, DE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Brent Dam 36, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Gest Lock 3, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Lennoxville, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Clinton, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Shawneetown Old Town, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Newburgh L&D, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1961	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 516 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	311
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1