Weather Records on 9 January 1991

1,048 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1991. Highest significance: Dime Box, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 1991

On 9 January 1991, 1,048 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
586 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,025 daily.
Dime Box set a monthly record daily precipitation of 126.7 mm (5.0 in) on 9 January 1991.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

1,048 stations

1,048 station records on 9 January 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Blaine	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
College STN Easterwood Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nonda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Davilla 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.4 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cranford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lewes	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Truscott 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,048 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 324, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 9 January 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	324
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 9 January 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 1,025.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

914 broken records

Margins by which the 914 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1991

Top 20 records on 9 January 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1991	Dime Box, US	monthly rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1991	Blaine, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	79 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1991	Pt Comfort, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	College STN Easterwood Fld, US	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Palacios Muni AP, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Nebo, ZA	monthly rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Austin-Camp Mabry, US	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Olney 5 NNW, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Nonda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Santa Rosa, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Davilla 2N, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Home Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	142.4 mm (5.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1991	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	207 years	41 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1991. 1991 had 1,048 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	876
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	1