Weather Records on 9 January 1940

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1940. Highest significance: Champaign 3S, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 1940

On 9 January 1940, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 351 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 606 daily.
Champaign 3S set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 9 January 1940.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 9 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Folsom	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-32.7 C (-26.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.5 C (-40.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.3 C (-31.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.6 C (-37.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.3 C (-35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.8 C (-19.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.9 C (-30.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
China Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 244, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 9 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	244
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 9 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 10, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1940

Top 20 records on 9 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1940	Champaign 3S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1940	Folsom, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1940	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	all-time low max	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1940	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1940	Columbia Wb City, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low min	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Vilnius, LT	monthly low min	-32.7 C (-26.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low min	-40.5 C (-40.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Griggsville, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Elatma, RU	daily low min	-35.3 C (-31.5 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Zametchino, RU	daily low min	-38.6 C (-37.5 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Kamennaja-Step, RU	all-time low min	-37.3 C (-35.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Healy, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Pawnee City, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Carlinville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily low min	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1940	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	44 years	27 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1940. 1940 had 623 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	444
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	4
175 to 200	1