Weather Records on 9 January 1969

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1969. Highest significance: Bowenville, AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 1969

On 9 January 1969, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 529 daily.
Bowenville set a daily record precipitation of 51.1 mm (2.0 in) on 9 January 1969.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 9 January 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gonvick 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	72.4 cm (28.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poco Das Trincheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 129, Deepest snow cover 105.

Records on 9 January 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	129
Deepest snow cover	105

Records on 9 January 1969 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 35, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1969

Top 20 records on 9 January 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1969	Bowenville, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Darrington Rs, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Rock 1 E, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	all-time snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Newport, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Kalaupapa 563, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Bergland Dam, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Charlevoix, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Ishpeming, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Britton, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Big St Germain Dam, US	daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Phelps, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Timber, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Lahaina 361, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1969	Sioux Falls, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2 years	43 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

1799 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1969. 1969 had 569 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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Data for records on 1969-01-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	415
100 to 200	38
200 to 300	14
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1