Weather Records on 14 March 2009

971 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 2009. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 14 March 2009

On 14 March 2009, 971 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 434 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 957 daily.
Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 14 March 2009.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

971 stations

971 station records on 14 March 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Pajonal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
UNIV of Hawaii 713	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winona 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beretania Pump STN 705	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Robson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doyles Creek (Wood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

971 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 365, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 14 March 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	365
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 14 March 2009 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 957.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

828 broken records

Margins by which the 828 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 2009

Top 20 records on 14 March 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 2009	Armagh, GB	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 2009	Cartersville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	109 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2009	Kobe, JP	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	W Monroe, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Grapevine Dam, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Wilhelmina Rise 721, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Hikone, JP	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	El Pajonal, MX	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Silverton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Gifu, JP	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Pickens, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Lexington, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Crockett, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	UNIV of Hawaii 713, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Yarrangobilly Caves, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2009	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	49 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

1810 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2009. 2009 had 971 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

Download the Data

Data for records on 2009-03-14: 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 50	798
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1