Weather Records on 9 March 1990

1,140 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1990. Highest significance: Emory, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 1990

On 9 March 1990, 1,140 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
646 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 1,128 daily.
Emory set a monthly record daily precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 9 March 1990.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,140 stations

1,140 station records on 9 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Do O	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kewanee 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kentland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Archer	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Tom	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arhara	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bogucar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,140 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 288, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 358, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 372, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 9 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	288
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	358
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	372
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 9 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 1,128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

953 broken records

Margins by which the 953 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1990

Top 20 records on 9 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1990	Emory, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Cheyenne, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Wheaton 3 SE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Chugwater, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Nossa Senhora Do O, BR	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Kewanee 1E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Minonk, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	9.2 C (48.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Russell Springs, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Crowell, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Podor, SN	daily high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	132 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Astrakan, RU	daily high min	3.6 C (38.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Phetchabun, TH	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Marshall, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Trang, TH	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Neds Creek, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1990	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	67 years	38 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1990. 1990 had 1,140 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	933
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1