Weather Records on 9 March 1980

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1980. Highest significance: Premer (Eden Moor), AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 1980

On 9 March 1980, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 439 daily.
Premer (Eden Moor) set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 9 March 1980.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 9 March 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prince George A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.4 cm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iboacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Myrrhee (Joelyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bogong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taquari-Vai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cerradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yampa	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Las Cuevas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acatlan de Osorio (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McCulloch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 9 March 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 9 March 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1980

Top 20 records on 9 March 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1980	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Three Rivers, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Prince George A, CA	daily snowfall	17.4 cm (6.9 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Grootkuil, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Howell Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Eldorado, BR	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	St Andrews, CA	daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	2.4 cm (0.9 in)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.3 C (79.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Lekkervlei, ZA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Woodbury, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Milledgeville, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1980	Kiefersfelden-Gach, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1980	Cuthbert, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1980	Eastman 1 W, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1980	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1980	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1980	Bull Harbour, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1980	Cameron Falls, CA	daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	55 years	31 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

1798 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1980. 1980 had 444 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 50	337
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2