Weather Records on 9 March 1964

1,148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1964. Highest significance: Kempsey (Wide Street), AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 1964

On 9 March 1964, 1,148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 276 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,092 daily.
Kempsey (Wide Street) set a daily record precipitation of 194.3 mm (7.6 in) on 9 March 1964.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,148 stations

1,148 station records on 9 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.3 mm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla (Jeolga Old.Sf.Site)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Addison Dam 45	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro Trtmt Plt E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,148 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 460, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 9 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	460
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 9 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 51, daily 1,092.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

999 broken records

Margins by which the 999 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1964

Top 20 records on 9 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1964	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Lower Bucca, AU	monthly rain	254.3 mm (10.0 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	45 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Irvington, US	all-time rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Princeton, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Albion, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Paducah, US	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Kenton, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Greensburg, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Falmouth, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1964	Franklin 2 NNE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1964	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1964	Philo, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1964	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1964	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	57 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

1798 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1964. 1964 had 1,148 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	947
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1