Weather Records on 9 October 1976

1,448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1976. Highest significance: Huntingdon, CA.

Key Facts for 9 October 1976

On 9 October 1976, 1,448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 503 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,401 daily.
Huntingdon set a daily record precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 9 October 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,448 stations

1,448 station records on 9 October 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Timberville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mattawin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Airi (Rochedo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mukinbudin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Algodoes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
L'Assomption	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,448 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 327, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 176, Heaviest daily rainfall 732, Heaviest daily snowfall 22.

Records on 9 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	327
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	176
Heaviest daily rainfall	732
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 45, daily 1,401.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,291 broken records

Margins by which the 1,291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1976

Top 20 records on 9 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1976	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	101 years	79 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1976	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1976	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1976	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1976	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1976	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1976	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1976	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1976	High Pt, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Gaston Shoals, US	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	109 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Cairo 3 S, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Monticello 5 SE, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Lexington, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Cavendish, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Purcellville, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Timberville 3 E, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1976	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93 years	55 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

1793 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 1,448 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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 20	1,031
20 to 40	174
40 to 60	64
60 to 80	18
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1