Weather Records on 9 January 1984

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1984. Highest significance: Barrow Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 1984

On 9 January 1984, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 516 daily.
Barrow Creek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 158.4 mm (6.2 in) on 9 January 1984.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 9 January 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.4 mm (6.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mertzon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mamogaleskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Refugio	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldthwaite 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gold	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waelder 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Essex Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
UNIV of Utah	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 9 January 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 9 January 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1984

Top 20 records on 9 January 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1984	Barrow Creek, AU	monthly rain	158.4 mm (6.2 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	98 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1984	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1984	La Pryor, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Yorktown, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Runge, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Llano, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	La Grange, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Mertzon, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Gonzales 2S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Karnes City 2N, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Corpus Christi, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Mamogaleskraal, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Newberry, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Schulenburg, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Dutton River Station, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Hamilton, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1984	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	42 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1984. 1984 had 538 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 100	419
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1