Weather Records on 9 August 2002

1,167 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 2002. Highest significance: Chinook, US.

Key Facts for 9 August 2002

On 9 August 2002, 1,167 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
450 were record highs and 516 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,126 daily.
Chinook set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 9 August 2002.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,167 stations

1,167 station records on 9 August 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape Kazantip (Lh)	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chamal Nuevo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mulatos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
High Mowthorpe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guymon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charcas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zitlaltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palatka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stavropol (Amsg)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atakpane	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nahunta 6NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine Main Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nancheng	China	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
High Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nolin Rvr Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,167 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 284, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 386, Heaviest daily rainfall 201.

Records on 9 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	284
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	386
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 38, daily 1,126.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

843 broken records

Margins by which the 843 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 2002

Top 20 records on 9 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 2002	Chinook, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2002	Cape Kazantip (Lh), UA	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Middleburg, US	monthly low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	97 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Chamal Nuevo, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Harlem, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Kosrae, FM	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Mulatos (Smn), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Cuballing, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Rexford, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Poprad/Tatry, SK	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	High Mowthorpe, GB	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Jordan, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Guymon, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Charcas (Smn), MX	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Cando 1E, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Garrison, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Reutlingen-Betzingen, DE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Zitlaltepec, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Austin #2, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2002	Mantova, IT	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 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 1,167 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

Download the Data

Data for records on 2002-08-09: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	773
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2