Weather Records on 9 January 2004

717 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 2004. Highest significance: Carbla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 2004

On 9 January 2004, 717 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 689 daily.
Carbla Station set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 9 January 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

717 stations

717 station records on 9 January 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carbla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ella Valla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Desviacion Alta Al Pedregal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winderie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Teapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eltopia 8 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Etla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goominglah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tehuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barbourville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Branchland 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ubobo Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

717 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 9 January 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 9 January 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

563 broken records

Margins by which the 563 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 2004

Top 20 records on 9 January 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 2004	Carbla Station, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2004	Ella Valla, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Malkal, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Desviacion Alta Al Pedregal, MX	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Winderie, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Kunming, CN	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Toulouse-Blagnac, FR	monthly rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Clay, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Seward AP, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Valdez WSO, US	daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Teapa (Dge), MX	daily rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Glenhaven, AU	all-time rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Eltopia 8 WSW, US	all-time snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	San Ildelfonso Villa Alta, MX	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Northfield, US	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2004	Etla, MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 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

1799 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2004. 2004 had 717 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 100	545
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1