Weather Records on 9 May 1976

714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1976. Highest significance: Kjobli I Snaasa, NO.

Key Facts for 9 May 1976

On 9 May 1976, 714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 288 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 699 daily.
Kjobli I Snaasa set a daily record snow depth of 79.0 cm (31.1 in) on 9 May 1976.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

714 stations

714 station records on 9 May 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manassas 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

714 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 May 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 May 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 699.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1976

Top 20 records on 9 May 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Gaddede, SE	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Salamanca Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Marathon, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	30.2 C (86.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	141 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Salisbury, US	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Carlsbad, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Pecos, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Musquash, CA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily high max	28.4 C (83.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Manassas 3 NW, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1976	Potsdam, DE	daily high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1976	Plauen, DE	daily high max	26.9 C (80.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 714 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 9 May 1976
Margin	Records
0 to 100	573
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2