Weather Records on 9 May 1965

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1965. Highest significance: Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU.

Key Facts for 9 May 1965

On 9 May 1965, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 695 daily.
Hobart (Ellerslie Road) set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 9 May 1965.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

730 stations

730 station records on 9 May 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aiyansh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest (van Diemans Land Compa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 10 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
South Nietta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tewkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 349, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 May 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	349
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 May 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 695.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1965

Top 20 records on 9 May 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1965	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1965	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1965	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1965	Aiyansh, CA	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1965	Dumont 2 ENE, US	monthly snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1965	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Sundance, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Kingstree, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Newell, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Deadwood, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Leo 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Forest (van Diemans Land Compa, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Sandvig, DK	monthly rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Kaneohe Mauka 781, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Sharpes Siding, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Lead, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Chamberlain, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1965	Oelrichs, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	58 years	50 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 730 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 50	558
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1