Weather Records on 9 January 1998

1,735 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1998. Highest significance: Dannemora, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 1998

On 9 January 1998, 1,735 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,164 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 126 monthly and 1,606 daily.
Dannemora set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.9 mm (2.8 in) on 9 January 1998.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

1,735 stations

1,735 station records on 9 January 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	335.0 mm (13.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Top Hut)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boverdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Ribeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Porto Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kewanee 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Dourado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Dimas Fire Fc 95	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Allegany	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao de Bomb. de Imunana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miguel Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,735 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 557, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 607, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 306, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 January 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	557
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	607
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 January 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 126, daily 1,606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,499 broken records

Margins by which the 1,499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1998

Top 20 records on 9 January 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1998	Dannemora, US	monthly rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1998	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1998	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1998	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1998	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	335.0 mm (13.2 in)	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1998	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1998	Kodiak AP, US	monthly rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1998	Pooncarie (Top Hut), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Boorara, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	98 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Boverdal, NO	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Lapeer Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Manuel Ribeiro, BR	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Chazy, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Bear Gap, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1998	Franklin, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	51 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1998. 1998 had 1,735 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	1,449
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	1