Weather Records on 6 January 2009

890 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2009. Highest significance: Cedartown, US.

Key Facts for 6 January 2009

On 6 January 2009, 890 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
305 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 850 daily.
Cedartown set a daily record precipitation of 96.8 mm (3.8 in) on 6 January 2009.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

890 stations

890 station records on 6 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rome R B Russell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Underwood	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record snow depth	154.9 cm (61.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Curryville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Almaden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Allatoona Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hafsas	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St John	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canjilon R/S	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

890 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 107.

Records on 6 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	107

Records on 6 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 35, daily 850.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2009

Top 20 records on 6 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2009	Cedartown, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2009	Knoxville AP, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2009	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	114 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2009	Rome R B Russell AP, US	monthly rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2009	Underwood, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Milford 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Mtn City 2, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Davenport, US	all-time snow depth	154.9 cm (61.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Carnesville, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Curryville 3 W, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Rosalia, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Gadsden, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Weiser, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Cartersville #2, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Gainesville, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Wilton, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Chester, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2009	Almaden, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	48 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

1803 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2009. 2009 had 890 records.

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

Records on 01-06 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1830	1
1839	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	2
1864	3
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	2
1884	4
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	6
1897	2
1898	5
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	15
1904	4
1905	19
1906	19
1907	16
1908	20
1909	55
1910	15
1911	46
1912	116
1913	32
1914	18
1915	40
1916	97
1917	46
1918	50
1919	44
1920	35
1921	52
1922	128
1923	111
1924	452
1925	44
1926	189
1927	270
1928	215
1929	220
1930	319
1931	142
1932	526
1933	352
1934	379
1935	560
1936	392
1937	357
1938	153
1939	321
1940	746
1941	269
1942	479
1943	291
1944	249
1945	837
1946	1,409
1947	351
1948	493
1949	470
1950	942
1951	207
1952	195
1953	769
1954	505
1955	327
1956	464
1957	273
1958	325
1959	710
1960	434
1961	354
1962	768
1963	382
1964	214
1965	796
1966	577
1967	516
1968	893
1969	840
1970	797
1971	1,160
1972	533
1973	633
1974	756
1975	587
1976	590
1977	625
1978	691
1979	1,782
1980	887
1981	794
1982	1,241
1983	1,356
1984	813
1985	1,096
1986	776
1987	875
1988	2,337
1989	1,768
1990	628
1991	1,386
1992	940
1993	1,019
1994	1,347
1995	1,243
1996	1,172
1997	1,185
1998	2,131
1999	1,894
2000	614
2001	1,113
2002	842
2003	932
2004	1,226
2005	1,730
2006	978
2007	1,882
2008	1,422
2009	890
2010	1,543
2011	994
2012	1,235
2013	350
2014	1,503
2015	725
2016	518
2017	1,316
2018	1,231
2019	506
2020	514
2021	385
2022	1,071
2023	555
2024	481
2025	1,153
2026	655

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Data for records on 2009-01-06: 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 100	649
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	2