Weather Records on 9 February 1928

176 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1928. Highest significance: Darwin Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 February 1928

On 9 February 1928, 176 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 169 daily.
Darwin Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 9 February 1928.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

176 stations

176 station records on 9 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

176 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

132 broken records

Margins by which the 132 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1928

Top 20 records on 9 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1928	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1928	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1928	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1928	Jerome, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1928	Tbilisi, GE	daily low min	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Colchester 2 W, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Goodna Ampol, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Quebec, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	21.9 C (71.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	monthly high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1928	Rivertree (Myall), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	22 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1928. 1928 had 176 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	116
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1