Weather Records on 9 August 1965

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1965. Highest significance: Mount Augustus, AU.

Key Facts for 9 August 1965

On 9 August 1965, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 590 daily.
Mount Augustus set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 9 August 1965.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

632 stations

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

Weather records on 9 August 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yandil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cobra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doolgunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Munarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cullculli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Noongall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kathleen Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heaslip	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stockbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooralya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moogooree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 361.

Records on 9 August 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 41, daily 590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1965

Top 20 records on 9 August 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1965	Mount Augustus, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1965	Woodbrook, AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1965	Yandil, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1965	Davangire, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1965	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1965	Minnie Creek, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Nugent, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Bryah, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Cobra Station, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Montezuma 2 NW, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Kooline, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Warroora, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Gaylord, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Dairy Creek, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Buchan, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Doolgunna, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Sandstone, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1965	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	52 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1965. 1965 had 632 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

Download the Data

Data for records on 1965-08-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	458
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1