Weather Records on 9 February 1959

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1959. Highest significance: Williams, AU.

Key Facts for 9 February 1959

On 9 February 1959, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 567 daily.
Williams set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 9 February 1959.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 9 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tonto Springs Rs 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Booralee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rifle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eicks Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 102, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 9 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	102
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 9 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1959

Top 20 records on 9 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1959	Williams, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Eldon, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Wittmann 1SE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Tacoma, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Tonto Springs Rs 4 W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Blikana, ZA	all-time rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Ft Valley, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Litchfield Park, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Baddeck, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Wickenburg, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Williams, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1959	Coloso, PR	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	37 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1959. 1959 had 578 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	480
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1