Weather Records on 9 March 1952

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1952. Highest significance: Edgeley 3WNW, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 1952

On 9 March 1952, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 262 daily.
Edgeley 3WNW set a daily record snow depth of 55.9 cm (22.0 in) on 9 March 1952.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 9 March 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin 5 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	205.7 cm (81.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Citrus STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carbla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vananda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 9 March 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 9 March 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 262.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

222 broken records

Margins by which the 222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1952

Top 20 records on 9 March 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1952	Rucker Canyon, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1952	Nogales, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1952	Seligman, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1952	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1952	Gumma, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Cypress River, CA	daily high min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20.0 C (36.0 F)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Elgin 5 N, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Marengo, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Oregon Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Bowman, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Ft Valley, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Fayette, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Fairmont, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1952	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)

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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1952. 1952 had 266 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	206
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1