Weather Records on 9 February 1918

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1918. Highest significance: New Westminster, CA.

Key Facts for 9 February 1918

On 9 February 1918, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 43 daily.
New Westminster set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 9 February 1918.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 9 February 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 17, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 9 February 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 February 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1918

Top 20 records on 9 February 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1918	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1918	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Charlottetown, CA	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Armagh, GB	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Boras, SE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	North Bruce, CA	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	22 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1918	Barkerville, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	14 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1918. 1918 had 43 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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 20	30
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1