Weather Records on 9 April 2017

759 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 2017. Highest significance: Great Falls 16St, US.

Key Facts for 9 April 2017

On 9 April 2017, 759 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
524 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 758 daily.
Great Falls 16St set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 9 April 2017.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

759 stations

759 station records on 9 April 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Memana (Babel Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Merluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Peak Reservoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamap/Malekoula Isl	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.3 cm (20.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Erzincan	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sutter Hill Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 3NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

759 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 276, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 9 April 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	276
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 9 April 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

637 broken records

Margins by which the 637 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 2017

Top 20 records on 9 April 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 2017	Great Falls 16St, US	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	124 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2017	Memana (Babel Farm), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Billings Intl AP, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Merluna, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Lewistown AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Sonnette 7 SW, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Great Falls AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Nevada City, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Hayward Rs, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Cloud Peak Reservoir, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Decorah, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Abilene, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Geneva, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Lamap/Malekoula Isl, VU	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Wallace, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Ridgeway 1 S, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2017	Springview 2NW, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	118 years	41 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2017. 2017 had 759 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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 20	615
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2