Weather Records on 9 March 1979

856 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1979. Highest significance: Bjornholt, NO.

Key Facts for 9 March 1979

On 9 March 1979, 856 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 841 daily.
Bjornholt set a daily record precipitation of 41.2 mm (1.6 in) on 9 March 1979.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

856 stations

856 station records on 9 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wartenberg-Angersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grebenhain-Herchenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oslo Blindern	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cargoon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Molndal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bollebygd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dingle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ludenscheid (Zeppelin-Gymnasiu	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brucken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forder 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarkson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

856 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 498, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 91.

Records on 9 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	498
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	91

Records on 9 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 841.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

742 broken records

Margins by which the 742 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1979

Top 20 records on 9 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1979	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1979	Mt Douglas, AU	monthly rain	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Milray Station Wrc, AU	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Bulliwallah, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Wartenberg-Angersbach, DE	monthly rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Kall-Sistig, DE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Simmern-Wahlbach, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Siegen (Klaranlage), DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Grebenhain-Herchenhain, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Halden, NO	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Oslo Blindern, NO	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Cargoon Station, AU	daily rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Molndal, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Bollebygd, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Uddevalla, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Dingle, SE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1979	Sanborn, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1979. 1979 had 856 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	716
100 to 200	18
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1