Weather Records on 9 July 1997

930 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1997. Highest significance: Vytegra, RU.

Key Facts for 9 July 1997

On 9 July 1997, 930 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 337 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 900 daily.
Vytegra set an all-time record daily precipitation of 94.6 mm (3.7 in) on 9 July 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

930 stations

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

Weather records on 9 July 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Baker Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoytville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tunka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kerman	Iran	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Iturbide (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skamania Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

930 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 179, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 158, Heaviest daily rainfall 291.

Records on 9 July 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	179
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	158
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1997 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 25, daily 900.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1997

Top 20 records on 9 July 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1997	Vytegra, RU	all-time rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	79 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1997	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	86 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1997	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1997	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1997	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1997	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1997	Defiance, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1997	Gauhati, IN	daily rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Darrington Rs, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Potlatch 3 NNE, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Waupaca, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Arad, RO	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	111 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Oshkosh, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Carthage, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Bennetts Brg, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Aberdeen 20NNE, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Columbus, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1997	Waco 4N, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	18 years	46 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

1793 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 930 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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Data for records on 1997-07-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	664
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2