Weather Records on 9 March 2026

1,050 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 2026. Highest significance: Proston Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 2026

On 9 March 2026, 1,050 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
820 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,010 daily.
Proston Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 209.4 mm (8.2 in) on 9 March 2026.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,050 stations

1,050 station records on 9 March 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.4 mm (8.2 in)	94 of 100 (Exceptional)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Conondale Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Somerset Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tecoma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Prosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Danewood Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mountain View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fairbairn Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lanark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.8 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
"Home" Monogorilby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	239.6 mm (9.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whittaker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kuyura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaban Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Teddington Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Killara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Kingsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Embreys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.4 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macalister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lloyona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beenham Valley Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.8 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulcanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lauriedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,050 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 450, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 370, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 9 March 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	450
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	370
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 March 2026 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 34, daily 1,010.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 155.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 2026

Top 20 records on 9 March 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 2026	Proston Post Office, AU	all-time rain	209.4 mm (8.2 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	84 years	94 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 March 2026	Arcturus Downs, AU	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 March 2026	Kumbia Post Office, AU	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 March 2026	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 March 2026	Goomboorian, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	112 years	78 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Conondale Township, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Somerset Dam, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Fernflat, AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	108 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Wondai Post Office, AU	monthly rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Surbiton Station, AU	daily rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Lindfield, AU	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Tecoma, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Prosser, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	54 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Giligulgul, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Belvedere, AU	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Moura Post Office, AU	daily rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Danewood Vale, AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Yuleba Garden St, AU	all-time rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	135 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Bollon Mary St, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2026	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2026. 2026 had 1,050 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	768
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	25
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	9
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1