Weather Records on 9 November 2002

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 November 2002. Highest significance: Sonora, US.

Key Facts for 9 November 2002

On 9 November 2002, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
470 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 836 daily.
Sonora set a daily record precipitation of 113.3 mm (4.5 in) on 9 November 2002.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

872 stations

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

Weather records on 9 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Groveland Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Twitchell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Clemente Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donner Mem Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Martinez Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 9 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 299, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 9 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	299
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 9 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 836.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 November 2002

Top 20 records on 9 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 November 2002	Sonora, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 November 2002	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 November 2002	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Ash Mtn, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Haiwee, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Independence, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Lodgepole, US	monthly rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Porterville, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Orderville, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Kern River Ph 3, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Kanab, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Leadville Lake Co AP, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Glennville, US	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Visalia, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Bright Angel Rs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	So Entrance Yosemite Np, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Lindsay, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	Idyllwild Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 2002	South Pass City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	67 years	46 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

1794 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 872 records.

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

Records on 11-09 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1828	1
1835	1
1849	1
1856	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	2
1875	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	20
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	3
1900	2
1901	2
1902	6
1903	3
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	3
1908	13
1909	11
1910	8
1911	15
1912	12
1913	50
1914	45
1915	34
1916	45
1917	121
1918	19
1919	76
1920	96
1921	176
1922	21
1923	191
1924	89
1925	224
1926	341
1927	213
1928	81
1929	120
1930	280
1931	997
1932	308
1933	652
1934	442
1935	276
1936	368
1937	354
1938	360
1939	346
1940	611
1941	604
1942	384
1943	521
1944	299
1945	1,211
1946	773
1947	499
1948	439
1949	310
1950	903
1951	506
1952	471
1953	483
1954	675
1955	605
1956	426
1957	341
1958	460
1959	309
1960	488
1961	382
1962	611
1963	362
1964	374
1965	227
1966	1,529
1967	629
1968	681
1969	508
1970	603
1971	887
1972	432
1973	996
1974	430
1975	1,339
1976	1,154
1977	1,361
1978	726
1979	815
1980	916
1981	883
1982	1,189
1983	872
1984	920
1985	1,472
1986	1,766
1987	614
1988	588
1989	967
1990	994
1991	2,382
1992	929
1993	715
1994	885
1995	1,304
1996	1,262
1997	774
1998	1,214
1999	2,238
2000	2,444
2001	811
2002	872
2003	732
2004	874
2005	1,655
2006	1,236
2007	744
2008	523
2009	714
2010	1,201
2011	1,082
2012	927
2013	451
2014	475
2015	976
2016	1,247
2017	413
2018	1,217
2019	921
2020	2,410
2021	413
2022	1,489
2023	637
2024	839
2025	499

Download the Data

Data for records on 2002-11-09: 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 50	671
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2