Weather Records on 9 February 1953

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1953. Highest significance: Kanosh, US.

Key Facts for 9 February 1953

On 9 February 1953, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 539 daily.
Kanosh set an all-time record daily precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 9 February 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 9 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wargundy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yandarloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 9 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 9 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 26, daily 539.

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 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1953

Top 20 records on 9 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1953	Kanosh, US	all-time rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1953	Gillette 3SE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1953	Harrison, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1953	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1953	Lusk 2 SW, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1953	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Harrison, US	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Manti, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.5 cm (8.5 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Lake Nash, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Vale, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Karina, ZA	daily rain	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Harrison, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Kloofend, ZA	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Chugwater, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Hendrikspan (Skl), ZA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1953	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1953. 1953 had 569 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 50	443
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	5