Weather Records on 9 January 1946

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1946. Highest significance: Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA.

Key Facts for 9 January 1946

On 9 January 1946, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 616 daily.
Germiston-Fj Payne Park set a daily record precipitation of 83.6 mm (3.3 in) on 9 January 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 9 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Young	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Afton Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 9 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 9 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 616.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 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 1946

Top 20 records on 9 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1946	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Cairo River, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Harrison 1 NNW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Alamogordo, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Elandsheuwel, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	New Hazelton, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Sikeston, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Golconda River, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Newaygo Hardy Dam, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1946	Queenstown, ZA	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1946	Bee Branch, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1946	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	34 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1946. 1946 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	466
25 to 50	46
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2