Weather Records on 9 January 1923

83 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1923. Highest significance: Herberton White St, AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 1923

On 9 January 1923, 83 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 80 daily.
Herberton White St set a daily record precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 9 January 1923.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

83 stations

83 station records on 9 January 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

83 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 January 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 January 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 80.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

72 broken records

Margins by which the 72 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1923

Top 20 records on 9 January 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1923	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	San Diego Wbo, US	monthly high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Lowville, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Nevada City, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Portland, US	monthly snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	0 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Santa Barbara, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	2 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1923	Anacortes, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	9 years	17 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

1799 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1923. 1923 had 83 records.

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

Records on 01-09 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1806	1
1830	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	1
1853	2
1855	1
1857	2
1858	2
1861	2
1862	2
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1882	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	4
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	1
1897	6
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	12
1906	13
1907	10
1908	13
1909	9
1910	14
1911	16
1912	64
1913	8
1914	30
1915	29
1916	56
1917	51
1918	76
1919	36
1920	66
1921	71
1922	92
1923	83
1924	161
1925	84
1926	144
1927	120
1928	387
1929	208
1930	919
1931	66
1932	205
1933	287
1934	446
1935	783
1936	577
1937	1,637
1938	250
1939	1,091
1940	623
1941	431
1942	948
1943	342
1944	442
1945	543
1946	623
1947	178
1948	278
1949	1,035
1950	407
1951	261
1952	310
1953	1,148
1954	298
1955	206
1956	416
1957	1,439
1958	661
1959	355
1960	575
1961	140
1962	1,334
1963	690
1964	857
1965	673
1966	289
1967	409
1968	1,461
1969	569
1970	1,833
1971	659
1972	617
1973	1,380
1974	1,392
1975	1,055
1976	792
1977	1,631
1978	1,494
1979	891
1980	794
1981	635
1982	1,162
1983	759
1984	538
1985	1,541
1986	685
1987	1,243
1988	1,247
1989	1,460
1990	1,335
1991	1,048
1992	1,368
1993	1,524
1994	852
1995	1,099
1996	1,632
1997	1,440
1998	1,735
1999	947
2000	677
2001	829
2002	1,889
2003	1,186
2004	717
2005	1,135
2006	872
2007	1,607
2008	1,335
2009	825
2010	1,941
2011	802
2012	604
2013	641
2014	694
2015	868
2016	616
2017	943
2018	742
2019	323
2020	471
2021	405
2022	356
2023	519
2024	1,533
2025	744
2026	1,609

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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 10	63
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2