Weather Records on 9 October 1997

2,113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1997. Highest significance: Roseau, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1997

On 9 October 1997, 2,113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,211 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 192 monthly and 1,920 daily.
Roseau set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 9 October 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 9 October 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heibloem (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schaesberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Gonzalez Villarreal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wartenberg-Angersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calderones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caada de Gonzalez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cabezones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Trinidad (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malinaltepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio de Guayabos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schinnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cadereyta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leende	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maarheeze	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inkpen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stein (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westby 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Corredeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fulda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sevenum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vroomshoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,113 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 427, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 784, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 688, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 9 October 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	427
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	784
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	688
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 9 October 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 192, daily 1,920.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,714 broken records

Margins by which the 1,714 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1997

Top 20 records on 9 October 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1997	Roseau, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1997	Colgate Powerhouse, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	86 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1997	Lansing, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1997	Brocken, DE	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1997	Weimar, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1997	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	De Sabla, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Pembina, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	El Salto (Cfe), MX	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Nevada City, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Heibloem (L), NL	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Quincy, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Someren, NL	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Lichtentanne, DE	monthly high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	117 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Schaesberg, NL	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1997	Huntington, US	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1997	Antipajuta, RU	daily rain	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2,113 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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Data for records on 1997-10-09: 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	1,588
20 to 40	74
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	16
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1