Weather Records on 9 January 1929

208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1929. Highest significance: Tecumseh 1S, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 1929

On 9 January 1929, 208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 204 daily.
Tecumseh 1S set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 9 January 1929.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

208 stations

208 station records on 9 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Point Charles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

208 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 9 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 9 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1929

Top 20 records on 9 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1929	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1929	Oregon, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1929	Atchison, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1929	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1929	Ottawa, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1929	Point Charles Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Kansas City, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Norwich, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Horton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Perryville, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Mason City, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Houma, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1929	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	21 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1929. 1929 had 208 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 25	173
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2