Weather Records on 9 March 1974

1,694 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1974. Highest significance: Ridgway, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 1974

On 9 March 1974, 1,694 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,230 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,656 daily.
Ridgway set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 9 March 1974.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,694 stations

1,694 station records on 9 March 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chillingham (Limpinwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barnes	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lois River Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,694 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 593, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 637, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 9 March 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	593
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	637
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 9 March 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 36, daily 1,656.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,435 broken records

Margins by which the 1,435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1974

Top 20 records on 9 March 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1974	Ridgway, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Meadville 1 S, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Powell River, CA	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Chillingham (Limpinwood), AU	daily rain	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	150.2 mm (5.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Numinbah State Farm, AU	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Danville, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Tuscola, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Lock Haven, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Butchers Ridge, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Effingham 3SW, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Rockville, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Barnes, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Charleston, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Paris Stp, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1974	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	71 years	44 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1974. 1974 had 1,694 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 100	1,426
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1