Weather Records on 9 January 1985

1,541 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1985. Highest significance: Jewell, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 1985

On 9 January 1985, 1,541 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 669 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 34 were all-time records, 80 monthly and 1,427 daily.
Jewell set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 9 January 1985.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

1,541 stations

1,541 station records on 9 January 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ionia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Natoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Helgoland	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Conquista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Joanopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ituverava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,541 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 328, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 341, Heaviest daily rainfall 435, Heaviest daily snowfall 239, Deepest snow cover 133.

Records on 9 January 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	328
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	341
Heaviest daily rainfall	435
Heaviest daily snowfall	239
Deepest snow cover	133

Records on 9 January 1985 by timescale: all-time 34, monthly 80, daily 1,427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,396 broken records

Margins by which the 1,396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1985

Top 20 records on 9 January 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1985	Jewell, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1985	Beloit, US	monthly snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1985	Norton 9SSE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1985	Beaver City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1985	Healy, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	8 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1985	Ionia, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1985	Natoma, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1985	Holdrege, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Mc Cook, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Upland 2NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Helgoland, DE	all-time snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Ames, US	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Wallace 2W, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Alton 1 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Lenora Coop, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Dodge City, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Cawker City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Stockton 1 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Naponee, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1985	Lincoln 1 SE, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	55 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1985. 1985 had 1,541 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	1,216
50 to 100	113
100 to 150	41
150 to 200	21
200 to 250	5