Weather Records on 9 January 1937

1,637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1937. Highest significance: Huonville, AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 1937

On 9 January 1937, 1,637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
569 were record highs and 649 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 44 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 1,528 daily.
Huonville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 9 January 1937.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

1,637 stations

1,637 station records on 9 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yalcowinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amyton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
West Branch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,637 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 342, Lowest daily maximum 295, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 354, Heaviest daily rainfall 356, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 9 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	342
Lowest daily maximum	295
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	354
Heaviest daily rainfall	356
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 9 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 44, monthly 65, daily 1,528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,415 broken records

Margins by which the 1,415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1937

Top 20 records on 9 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1937	Huonville, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Savanne, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Savanne, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Armour, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Ft Duchesne, US	all-time low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Cradock, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Wellington (Springfield), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Silverton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Mexico, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Hargraves (Weeroona), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Orroroo (Kylmorn), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Hawker, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Yalcowinna, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Ft Duchesne, US	all-time low min	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	American Falls 6 NE, US	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Amyton East, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1937	Dubbo (Mentone), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1937. 1937 had 1,637 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 100	1,406
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1