Weather Records on 9 September 1976

773 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1976. Highest significance: Mexicali (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 9 September 1976

On 9 September 1976, 773 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 276 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 764 daily.
Mexicali (Smn) set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 9 September 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

773 stations

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

Weather records on 9 September 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mexicali (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kentland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montmorillon	France	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Borgviksbruk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grycksbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Idkerberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varpnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Molndal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stjarnsund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjurfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

773 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 383, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 9 September 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	383
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

665 broken records

Margins by which the 665 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1976

Top 20 records on 9 September 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1976	Mexicali (Smn), MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Ust-USA, RU	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Auburn 2 SSE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Embrun, FR	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Ojo de Agua, MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Haileybury, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	La Rumorosa, MX	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Ockelbo, SE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Kentland, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	New Liskeard, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Nice, FR	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Ville Marie, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Spalding, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Montmorillon, FR	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Laura, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1976	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	37 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

1806 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1976. 1976 had 773 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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Data for records on 1976-09-09: 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	634
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1