Weather Records on 9 January 1939

1,091 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1939. Highest significance: Mellette 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 1939

On 9 January 1939, 1,091 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
816 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 1,011 daily.
Mellette 4 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 9 January 1939.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

1,091 stations

1,091 station records on 9 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,091 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 360, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 456, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 9 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	360
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	456
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 9 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 78, daily 1,011.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

944 broken records

Margins by which the 944 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1939

Top 20 records on 9 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1939	Mellette 4 W, US	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1939	Faulkton, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1939	Kennebec, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1939	Gann Valley 4NW, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1939	Redfield, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1939	Sidney 6NNW, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Highmore, US	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Miller, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Miller, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Academy 2NE, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Lampasas, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	La Delle 7 NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Albany, US	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1939	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	42 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1939. 1939 had 1,091 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 50	924
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1