Weather Records on 9 February 2006

566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 2006. Highest significance: Sweetgrass, US.

Key Facts for 9 February 2006

On 9 February 2006, 566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
291 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 549 daily.
Sweetgrass set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 9 February 2006.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

566 stations

566 station records on 9 February 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sweetgrass	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mariscal Estigarrib	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Schank (Jethia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tantanoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koonmarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whittier	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arequipa	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whittier	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tambov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sweetgrass	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Furner (Kennion Section 235)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perelyub	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.7 C (-35.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.3 C (-33.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

566 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 9 February 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 9 February 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 2006

Top 20 records on 9 February 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 2006	Sweetgrass, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2006	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Nelson, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Drik Drik, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Tyrendarra (Ellangowan), AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Mariscal Estigarrib, PY	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Mount Schank (Jethia), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Bonney Downs, AU	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	123 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily low min	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Berkeley, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Santa Cruz, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	San Jose, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Perryville Wtp, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Tantanoola, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2006	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	62 years	39 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2006. 2006 had 566 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 50	432
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1