Weather Records on 9 February 2002

1,390 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 2002. Highest significance: Rochford 2 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 9 February 2002

On 9 February 2002, 1,390 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
844 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,369 daily.
Rochford 2 WNW set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 9 February 2002.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

1,390 stations

1,390 station records on 9 February 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Hool	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	262.0 mm (10.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Intricate Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Intricate Bay	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koerich	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Elena	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bettborn-Pratz	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalut	Libya	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kinchil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Breien	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carpenter 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Intricate Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,390 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 411, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 433, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 409, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 February 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	411
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	433
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	409
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 February 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 1,369.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,230 broken records

Margins by which the 1,230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 585.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 2002

Top 20 records on 9 February 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 2002	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	103 years	78 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2002	Hool, MX	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2002	Bradshaw Homestead, AU	all-time rain	262.0 mm (10.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Deadwood, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Lead, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Zuara, LY	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Intricate Bay, US	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Albin, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Intricate Bay, US	daily snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	58.5 cm (23.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Tracy, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Townsville Aero, AU	daily high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Waren, DE	daily high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Putbus, DE	daily high max	11.9 C (53.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	132 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Dehradun, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Milan, IT	daily high max	18.4 C (65.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	152 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Potsdam, DE	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2002	Albin, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 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

1798 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2002. 2002 had 1,390 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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	1,222
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1