Weather Records on 9 February 2008

807 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 2008. Highest significance: Ludlow 3 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 9 February 2008

On 9 February 2008, 807 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
451 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 780 daily.
Ludlow 3 SSE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 9 February 2008.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

807 stations

807 station records on 9 February 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chamal Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hierro/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ephraim	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Desviacion Alta Al Pedregal	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Memana (Babel Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	162.6 cm (64.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

807 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 73.

Records on 9 February 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	73

Records on 9 February 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 2008

Top 20 records on 9 February 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 2008	Ludlow 3 SSE, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2008	Carnamah, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2008	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2008	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	106 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Eradu, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Chamal Nuevo, MX	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Alvaro Obregon, MX	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Tejon Rancho, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Georgetown, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Willeroo, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Ixcamilpa (Cfe), MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	St. Brandon (St. Ra, MU	daily rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Hierro/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Elk City 1NE, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Bullfinch, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Saint Anthony, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Rolla 1NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Little Port Walter, US	daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2008	Buntine East, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	40 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2008. 2008 had 807 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 9 February 2008
Margin	Records
0 to 100	598
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	2