Weather Records on 9 March 2005

937 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 2005. Highest significance: Madison, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 2005

On 9 March 2005, 937 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
470 were record highs and 277 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 907 daily.
Madison set a daily record snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 9 March 2005.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

937 stations

937 station records on 9 March 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolas Bravo KM. 71	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.7 cm (17.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceboro No 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tulum	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunakakai 536	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Codorniz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

937 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 279, Lowest daily maximum 154, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 9 March 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	279
Lowest daily maximum	154
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 9 March 2005 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 25, daily 907.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 2005

Top 20 records on 9 March 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 2005	Madison, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2005	Fitzwilliam 2 W, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2005	Van Buren 2, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Ft Kent, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Ft Kent, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Kaneohe 838.1, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Jackman, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Gilman, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Kotzebue AP, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Bremerton, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Tilzapotla, MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Payette, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Heppner, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Haines AP, US	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Nicolas Bravo KM. 71, MX	all-time high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Cambridge, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2005	Howell Wwtp, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	91 years	42 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2005. 2005 had 937 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 50	693
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2