Weather Records on 9 February 1940

380 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1940. Highest significance: Caledon (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 9 February 1940

On 9 February 1940, 380 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 366 daily.
Caledon (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 9 February 1940.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

380 stations

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

Weather records on 9 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

380 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 9 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 9 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1940

Top 20 records on 9 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1940	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Flat Top Island, AU	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Vestervig, DK	all-time low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Junction 4SSW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Karlshamn, SE	daily low max	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Canobie, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Altamura, ZA	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1940	Vrugbaar, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1940	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low max	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1940	Grand Cane Fire Twr, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1940	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	32 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

1798 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1940. 1940 had 380 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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 200	306
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1