Weather Records on 9 January 1952

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1952. Highest significance: Boynedale, AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 1952

On 9 January 1952, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 305 daily.
Boynedale set a daily record precipitation of 161.5 mm (6.4 in) on 9 January 1952.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 9 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boynedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Voewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	210.8 cm (83.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coalstoun Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-52.2 C (-62.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Aubins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Girvan Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columinjuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 9 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 9 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

264 broken records

Margins by which the 264 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1041.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1952

Top 20 records on 9 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1952	Boynedale, AU	daily rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Voewood, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	210.8 cm (83.0 in)	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Ungowa Forest Station, AU	daily rain	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Hiawatha, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Coalstoun Lakes, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Wallaville- Mill Street, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Barfield, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Amamoor Forestry, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1952	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1952	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1952	Blackwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1952	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 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

1799 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1952. 1952 had 310 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 200	256
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1