Weather Records on 2 January 2009

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2009. Highest significance: Headingly Station, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 2009

On 2 January 2009, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 780 daily.
Headingly Station set a daily record precipitation of 109.0 mm (4.3 in) on 2 January 2009.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

826 stations

826 station records on 2 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Moro	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Thule Op Site	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guevea de Humboldt	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record snow depth	134.6 cm (53.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Satus Pass 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kremlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Falls Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ethridge	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Canyon Np 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 75.

Records on 2 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	75

Records on 2 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 34, daily 780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2009

Top 20 records on 2 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2009	Headingly Station, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2009	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	26 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2009	Moro, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2009	Conrad, US	all-time snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2009	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2009	Thule Op Site, GL	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2009	Elgin, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2009	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Rosalia, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Bonneville Dam, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Dilley 2 S, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Bluff Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Lake Nash, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Fenn Rs, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Guevea de Humboldt, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2009	Davenport, US	daily snow depth	134.6 cm (53.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	60 years	52 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2009. 2009 had 826 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	602
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1