Weather Records on 9 March 2001

838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 2001. Highest significance: Woodburn Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 2001

On 9 March 2001, 838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 806 daily.
Woodburn Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 156.8 mm (6.2 in) on 9 March 2001.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

838 stations

838 station records on 9 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.8 mm (6.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.6 mm (6.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dundee (Wattle Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Creek (Jaloom)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Old Bonalbo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bath	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.4 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.0 mm (9.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Dairyville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.6 mm (8.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Creek (Hayfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corndale (Willow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toorooka (Moparrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Number One (Murrays Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Sandy Hill (Booro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whiporie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton South (South Grafton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton Olympic Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle (Larkin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lillian Rock (Williams Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Promised Land (Bellingen (Crys	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iluka (Owen St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hunter Springs (Wondecla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarras (Mount Seaview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

838 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 9 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 9 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 806.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 2001

Top 20 records on 9 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 2001	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	156.8 mm (6.2 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 March 2001	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 March 2001	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	182.8 mm (7.2 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2001	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2001	Lawrence Post Office, AU	monthly rain	170.6 mm (6.7 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2001	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	monthly rain	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2001	Seymour 3NW, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2001	Dundee (Wattle Dale), AU	monthly rain	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2001	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2001	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2001	Kookabookra, AU	monthly rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Beaumont #2, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	110 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Kangaroo Creek (Jaloom), AU	daily rain	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	185.5 mm (7.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Old Bonalbo Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Dorrigo Post Office, AU	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Bath, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2001	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	160.4 mm (6.3 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	51 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2001. 2001 had 838 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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Data for records on 2001-03-09: 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 100	700
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1