Weather Records on 9 April 1982

1,923 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1982. Highest significance: Cooktown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 April 1982

On 9 April 1982, 1,923 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 774 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 169 monthly and 1,750 daily.
Cooktown Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 350.8 mm (13.8 in) on 9 April 1982.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,923 stations

1,923 station records on 9 April 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	350.8 mm (13.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	256.0 mm (10.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	346.8 mm (13.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ubaira (Areia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Polisie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klipdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pot-the-Red	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Convamore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middelweg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swartkoppie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,923 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 416, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 358, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 271, Deepest snow cover 398.

Records on 9 April 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	416
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	358
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	271
Deepest snow cover	398

Records on 9 April 1982 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 169, daily 1,750.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,525 broken records

Margins by which the 1,525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1982

Top 20 records on 9 April 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1982	Cooktown Post Office, AU	monthly rain	350.8 mm (13.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1982	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	monthly rain	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1982	Lahaina 361, US	all-time rain	256.0 mm (10.1 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1982	Waterland, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1982	The Cliff, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1982	Altamura, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1982	Steynsburg, ZA	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1982	Titusville, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1982	Bellefontaine, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Watseka Public Works, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Mount Olive, AU	monthly rain	346.8 mm (13.7 in)	169.8 mm (6.7 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Verkykerskop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Shippensburg, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Upper Sandusky, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Bellows Falls, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Kaallaagte, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Tweespruit, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1982	Keble, ZA	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	51 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 1,923 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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	1,442
100 to 200	72
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1