Weather Records on 9 October 2001

855 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 2001. Highest significance: Gettysburg, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 2001

On 9 October 2001, 855 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 313 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 836 daily.
Gettysburg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.6 mm (3.4 in) on 9 October 2001.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

855 stations

855 station records on 9 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Papaloapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dalian	China	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Evangelista (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Florencia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hankasalmi Sakinmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Chimalapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naranjal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narpio Pirttikyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mustasaari Sulva Forsbacken	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zihualtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Labuan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alder 17 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belisario Dominguez I	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dansville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Drum	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Worland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenacitas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

855 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 252, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	252
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 836.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

655 broken records

Margins by which the 655 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 2001

Top 20 records on 9 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 2001	Gettysburg, US	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 October 2001	Springvale, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Papaloapan, MX	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Eldorado Springs, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Dalian, CN	monthly rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Montpellier-Aeroport, FR	daily rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Shoshone, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Keflavik, IS	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Dinosaur Nm, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Joplin Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	San Juan Evangelista (Dge), MX	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	East London, ZA	daily low min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Ushibuka, JP	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	La Florencia, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Puente Jula, MX	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Hankasalmi Sakinmaki, FI	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Milan, IT	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	124 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2001	Everett, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	86 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

1793 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 855 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

Download the Data

Data for records on 2001-10-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	619
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1