Weather Records on 9 April 1945

1,055 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1945. Highest significance: Jindabyne West (Hiawatha), AU.

Key Facts for 9 April 1945

On 9 April 1945, 1,055 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
573 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,014 daily.
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 9 April 1945.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,055 stations

1,055 station records on 9 April 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	293.4 mm (11.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	363.2 mm (14.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	271.3 mm (10.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.6 mm (9.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	258.1 mm (10.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Willeroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Carwoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toothdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,055 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 338, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 April 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	338
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 April 1945 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 36, daily 1,014.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

874 broken records

Margins by which the 874 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 224.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1945

Top 20 records on 9 April 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1945	Jindabyne West (Hiawatha), AU	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	all-time rain	293.4 mm (11.6 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	all-time rain	363.2 mm (14.3 in)	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	11 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	271.3 mm (10.7 in)	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	36 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Majura 2, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1945	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Penrith Ladbury Avenue, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Bemboka Post Office, AU	monthly rain	246.6 mm (9.7 in)	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Kameruka (Kameruka Estate), AU	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Burra 1, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Kealia 1112, US	monthly rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1945	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	53 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 1,055 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	830
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1