Weather Records on 9 March 1981

1,199 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1981. Highest significance: Oudenbosch, NL.

Key Facts for 9 March 1981

On 9 March 1981, 1,199 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
475 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 190 monthly and 1,009 daily.
Oudenbosch set a daily record precipitation of 30.1 mm (1.2 in) on 9 March 1981.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,199 stations

1,199 station records on 9 March 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Numansdorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tholen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nieuw Helvoet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Kruis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dirksland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Den Bommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Haamstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cadzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kortgene	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Steenbergen (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Jacoba Polder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Op Zoom	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ouddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Klundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boxtel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barendrecht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brouwershaven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Megen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Noordgouwe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kamianets-Podil Sky	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chaam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
'S Heerenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Krabbendijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stavenisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vrouwenpolder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Geldermalsen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oud Alblas	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogerheide	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poortugaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Biervliet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ludenscheid (Zeppelin-Gymnasiu	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Capelle (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goedereede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gorinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delft	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herwen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,199 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 396, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 582, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 9 March 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	396
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	582
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 9 March 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 190, daily 1,009.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,091 broken records

Margins by which the 1,091 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1981

Top 20 records on 9 March 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1981	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1981	Kassel, DE	monthly rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1981	Numansdorp, NL	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1981	Tholen-1, NL	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1981	Nieuw Helvoet, NL	monthly rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1981	St Kruis, NL	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1981	Bad Lippspringe, DE	monthly rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Dirksland, NL	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Den Bommel, NL	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Haamstede, NL	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Cadzand, NL	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Kortgene, NL	monthly rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Steenbergen (Nb), NL	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Wolphaartsdijk, NL	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Beckum-Unterberg, DE	monthly rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Anna Jacoba Polder, NL	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Bergen Op Zoom, NL	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg, DE	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Ouddorp, NL	monthly rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1981	Wilhelminadorp-1, NL	monthly rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	56 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1981. 1981 had 1,199 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	1,085
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1