Weather Records on 9 March 1997

759 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1997. Highest significance: Sabinas (Dge), MX.

Key Facts for 9 March 1997

On 9 March 1997, 759 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
416 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 742 daily.
Sabinas (Dge) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 9 March 1997.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

759 stations

759 station records on 9 March 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sabinas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blyde (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sierra Mojada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Humble Pump STN 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bet-El	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gowanda Correctional	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Potomac	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rothsay	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swartkoppie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aratuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tardie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ze da Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krokodilbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pietersburg Muni	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Pt	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bentley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Represa Piquete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anqing	China	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Atepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

759 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 263, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 9 March 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	263
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 9 March 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

637 broken records

Margins by which the 637 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1997

Top 20 records on 9 March 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1997	Sabinas (Dge), MX	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1997	Blyde (Bos), ZA	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1997	Sierra Mojada, MX	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1997	Humble Pump STN 5 WNW, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Bet-El, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	West Wyalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Sonora, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Saint Maries, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Gowanda Correctional, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Junction 4SSW, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Mahlabatini (Mag), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Potomac, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Onaka, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Mattoon, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Rushville, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Lincoln, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1997	Rothsay, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1997. 1997 had 759 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	613
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	2