Weather Records on 9 May 1984

892 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1984. Highest significance: Balmoral, AU.

Key Facts for 9 May 1984

On 9 May 1984, 892 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 496 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 873 daily.
Balmoral set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 9 May 1984.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

892 stations

892 station records on 9 May 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balmoral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 6 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bastia	France	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Choapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Padilla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hopelchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

892 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 304, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 9 May 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	304
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 9 May 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 873.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1984

Top 20 records on 9 May 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1984	Balmoral, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Dutch Harbor, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Mexia, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Leadville Lake Co AP, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Ashburton Downs, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Aksa, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Grand Lake 6 SSW, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Buttah, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Uccle, BE	daily low max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	146 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Cuero, US	monthly low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	West Haldon, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Ciudad Venustiano Carranza, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Bastia, FR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Bartow 1SE, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Colfax, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Burnet, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Menard, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Gospic, HR	daily low max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1984	Blanco, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	37 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1984. 1984 had 892 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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	707
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1