Weather Records on 9 July 1985

1,228 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1985. Highest significance: Brisbane Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 July 1985

On 9 July 1985, 1,228 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
545 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,177 daily.
Brisbane Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 109.4 mm (4.3 in) on 9 July 1985.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,228 stations

1,228 station records on 9 July 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.1 mm (6.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.0 mm (7.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	239.2 mm (9.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Graman (Ulupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.4 mm (6.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ulupna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.2 mm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yelarbon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.2 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,228 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 318, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 539.

Records on 9 July 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	318
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	539
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1985 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 45, daily 1,177.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

969 broken records

Margins by which the 969 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 164.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1985

Top 20 records on 9 July 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1985	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	161.1 mm (6.3 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	85 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	85 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	85 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Toombul Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	201.0 mm (7.9 in)	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Toowong Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Zillmere Post Office, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Western Creek, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Brisbane Show Grounds, AU	daily rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1985	Boomi (Barwon St), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)

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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 1,228 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 25	779
25 to 50	116
50 to 75	45
75 to 100	19
100 to 125	8
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1