Weather Records on 9 January 1942

948 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1942. Highest significance: Belleville, CA.

Key Facts for 9 January 1942

On 9 January 1942, 948 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 831 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 940 daily.
Belleville set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 9 January 1942.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

948 stations

948 station records on 9 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarbad	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	378.5 cm (149.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

948 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 434, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 397, Heaviest daily rainfall 57, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 9 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	434
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	397
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 9 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 2, daily 940.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

819 broken records

Margins by which the 819 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2007.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1942

Top 20 records on 9 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1942	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1942	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1942	Union City, US	all-time low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1942	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1942	Morgantown 1, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Morgantown 1, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Regensburg, DE	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Cumberland, US	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Pickens 1, US	all-time low min	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Muzaffarbad, PK	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Moola Bulla, AU	all-time rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Storrs, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Cumberland, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1942	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	48 years	28 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1942. 1942 had 948 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 500	817
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	1
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1