Weather Records on 9 March 1994

1,897 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1994. Highest significance: Biskra, DZ.

Key Facts for 9 March 1994

On 9 March 1994, 1,897 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
468 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 31 were all-time records, 85 monthly and 1,781 daily.
Biskra set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 9 March 1994.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,897 stations

1,897 station records on 9 March 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Elmira	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Watonga	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Vevay	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Usina Paineiras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	238.6 mm (9.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.4 cm (17.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pryor	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Duas Barras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	298.0 mm (11.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Enid	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leeton Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne 5W	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,897 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 315, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 778, Heaviest daily snowfall 234, Deepest snow cover 209.

Records on 9 March 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	315
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	778
Heaviest daily snowfall	234
Deepest snow cover	209

Records on 9 March 1994 by timescale: all-time 31, monthly 85, daily 1,781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,662 broken records

Margins by which the 1,662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1994

Top 20 records on 9 March 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1994	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 March 1994	Doniphan, US	all-time snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	76 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Canary Island, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Evening Shade 1 NNE, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	18 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Elmira, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Peak Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Mansfield, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Watonga, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Vevay, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	103 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Urana (Nowranie), AU	all-time rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Usina Paineiras (Dnos), BR	all-time rain	238.6 mm (9.4 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Lead Hill, US	all-time snowfall	43.4 cm (17.1 in)	20.5 cm (8.1 in)	5 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Mosquero 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Pryor, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Eureka Springs 3 WNW, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1994	Duas Barras (Dnos), BR	all-time rain	298.0 mm (11.7 in)	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	6 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

1798 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1994. 1994 had 1,897 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 100	1,538
100 to 200	96
200 to 300	19
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	2