Weather Records on 9 March 1985

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1985. Highest significance: Westonia, AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 1985

On 9 March 1985, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
216 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 696 daily.
Westonia set a daily record precipitation of 51.4 mm (2.0 in) on 9 March 1985.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 9 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorine Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
King Rocks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zanthus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaree Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Topper State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Assarai-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burracoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menangina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey Hill North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Volochanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaruna-Jusante (on?A)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kansai Internationa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalupe Y Calvo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muntadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 9 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 9 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 696.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1985

Top 20 records on 9 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1985	Westonia, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1985	Southern Cross, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Attu, US	monthly low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Hvar, HR	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Moorine Rock, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Ibapah, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Balladonia, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Geraldton Airport, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Hyden, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Seven Oaks, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Camden on Gauley 2 SW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Nara, JP	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Lochnagar, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Caloundra Signal Station, AU	daily rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	King Rocks, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Bullfinch, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Zanthus, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Split Marjan, HR	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Niigata, JP	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1985	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	40 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1985. 1985 had 710 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	592
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1