Weather Records on 9 August 1976

883 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1976. Highest significance: Taber, CA.

Key Facts for 9 August 1976

On 9 August 1976, 883 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 603 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 865 daily.
Taber set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 9 August 1976.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

883 stations

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

Weather records on 9 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dono	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galeana (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewes	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winderie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gosh,Agro	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans WSO City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

883 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 260, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 343, Heaviest daily rainfall 186.

Records on 9 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	260
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	343
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 865.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1976

Top 20 records on 9 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1976	Taber, CA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1976	Brunswick NAS, US	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1976	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Elatma, RU	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Brockton, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Cochetopa Creek, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Erica, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Puerto Madero, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Portland Jetport, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Thomasville, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	University, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Greensboro, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Jennings, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	E Wareham, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1976	Watertown, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	46 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1976. 1976 had 883 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 1976-08-09: 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 10	604
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1