Weather Records on 9 March 2018

435 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 2018. Highest significance: Valladolid (Villanubla), ES.

Key Facts for 9 March 2018

On 9 March 2018, 435 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 415 daily.
Valladolid (Villanubla) set a daily record precipitation of 25.6 mm (1.0 in) on 9 March 2018.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

435 stations

435 station records on 9 March 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Salamanca Obs.	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Suttsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nevinnomyssk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zhangwu	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yingkou	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.6 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucky Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jervois	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ammaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chiba	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	274.4 mm (10.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ofunato	Japan	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

435 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 9 March 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 9 March 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 415.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

388 broken records

Margins by which the 388 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 2018

Top 20 records on 9 March 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 2018	Valladolid (Villanubla), ES	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2018	Salamanca Obs., ES	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2018	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	142.9 mm (5.6 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2018	Tomakomai, JP	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2018	Suttsu, JP	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2018	Shirakawa, JP	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2018	Nevinnomyssk, RU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Zhangwu, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Urakawa, JP	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Camel Creek Station, AU	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Utsunomiya, JP	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Kumagaya, JP	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Kofu, JP	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Tokyo, JP	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Nikko, JP	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Nagoya, JP	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Salamanca Aeropuerto, ES	monthly rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Fukaura, JP	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Onahama, JP	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2018	Shizuoka, JP	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	32 years	55 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2018. 2018 had 435 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 2018-03-09: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 9 March 2018
Margin	Records
0 to 100	366
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1