Weather Records on 9 January 1971

659 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1971. Highest significance: Willow Creek, CA.

Key Facts for 9 January 1971

On 9 January 1971, 659 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 646 daily.
Willow Creek set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 9 January 1971.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

659 stations

659 station records on 9 January 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	314.5 mm (12.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rooirivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lelie Shoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barber	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tierhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

659 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 9 January 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 9 January 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 646.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1971

Top 20 records on 9 January 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1971	Willow Creek, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1971	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1971	Kareedoorn, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1971	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Mountain View, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Sterkstroom, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Grootfontein, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Pahoa 65, US	monthly rain	314.5 mm (12.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Rooirivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Glen Roy, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Helena 6 N, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Kainaliu 73.2, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1971	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	45 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1971. 1971 had 659 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	496
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1