Weather Records on 9 January 1931

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1931. Highest significance: Timovskoe, RU.

Key Facts for 9 January 1931

On 9 January 1931, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 65 daily.
Timovskoe set an all-time record low minimum temperature of -48.7 C (-55.7 F) on 9 January 1931.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 9 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.7 C (-55.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.5 C (-49.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimber	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Glenrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.4 C (-31.7 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 25, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	25
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 65.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1931

Top 20 records on 9 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1931	Timovskoe, RU	all-time low min	-48.7 C (-55.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	30.7 C (87.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Ladner, CA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Beulah, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Ellerston, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Gamalally, AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	46 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily low max	4.2 C (39.6 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Clayoquot, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily low min	-45.5 C (-49.9 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Bodangora Post Office, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily high max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	34 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Bhimber, PK	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Milan 1NW, US	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Cooperstown, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1931	Meadow Valley Rs, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	30 years	13 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1931. 1931 had 66 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 20	51
20 to 40	0
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1