Weather Records on 9 January 1976

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1976. Highest significance: Dunderlandsdalen, NO.

Key Facts for 9 January 1976

On 9 January 1976, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 405 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 780 daily.
Dunderlandsdalen set a daily record snow depth of 230.0 cm (90.6 in) on 9 January 1976.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 9 January 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	230.0 cm (90.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keimoes (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chaval	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Falls River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kelso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfontein (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juliana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 154, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 251, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 9 January 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	154
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	251
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 9 January 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

633 broken records

Margins by which the 633 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1000.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1976

Top 20 records on 9 January 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1976	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily snow depth	230.0 cm (90.6 in)	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Cartwright, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Keimoes (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Susendal, NO	daily snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Skjomen, NO	daily snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Fort Cunynghame (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Chaval, BR	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Nieuwejaarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Snake Rvr, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Kareepan, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Carrick (Oaks Road), AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Magdeburg, DE	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1976	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	3.7 C (38.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	82 years	35 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1976. 1976 had 792 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 200	627
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1