Weather Records on 8 January 2009

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 2009. Highest significance: Aurukun Shire Council, AU.

Key Facts for 8 January 2009

On 8 January 2009, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 725 daily.
Aurukun Shire Council set a daily record precipitation of 223.6 mm (8.8 in) on 8 January 2009.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

761 stations

761 station records on 8 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.6 mm (8.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Glengyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Minot Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vera	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wauna 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgeacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Redstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hegra II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nehalem 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kamaran Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tolt S Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 8 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 8 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 29, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

539 broken records

Margins by which the 539 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 2009

Top 20 records on 8 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 2009	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	223.6 mm (8.8 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2009	Glengyle, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2009	Minot Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Devoncourt Station, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Underwood, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Vera, NO	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Minot Intl AP, US	all-time snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Palmer 3 ESE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Hastings, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Wauna 3 W, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Brighton Downs, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Mudgeacca, AU	all-time rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Nadi Airport, FJ	daily rain	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Porto, PT	all-time low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Port Townsend, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Naselle 2 ENE, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2009	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	45 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

1806 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2009. 2009 had 761 records.

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

Records on 01-08 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	2
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	5
1880	1
1882	2
1884	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	3
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	10
1906	9
1907	24
1908	25
1909	12
1910	9
1911	13
1912	49
1913	35
1914	39
1915	51
1916	33
1917	23
1918	83
1919	91
1920	68
1921	43
1922	243
1923	165
1924	112
1925	70
1926	245
1927	107
1928	291
1929	183
1930	810
1931	104
1932	173
1933	243
1934	450
1935	824
1936	714
1937	1,703
1938	207
1939	619
1940	560
1941	414
1942	1,643
1943	371
1944	228
1945	520
1946	476
1947	238
1948	566
1949	463
1950	290
1951	387
1952	341
1953	669
1954	362
1955	167
1956	402
1957	616
1958	658
1959	295
1960	422
1961	236
1962	780
1963	692
1964	437
1965	1,185
1966	443
1967	463
1968	1,675
1969	651
1970	1,713
1971	730
1972	516
1973	1,496
1974	1,171
1975	957
1976	1,215
1977	537
1978	805
1979	1,640
1980	569
1981	589
1982	1,320
1983	598
1984	604
1985	1,545
1986	654
1987	820
1988	1,644
1989	1,900
1990	1,161
1991	872
1992	1,640
1993	1,525
1994	1,224
1995	783
1996	2,009
1997	1,203
1998	2,895
1999	1,107
2000	605
2001	954
2002	1,628
2003	1,362
2004	684
2005	1,764
2006	1,204
2007	1,003
2008	2,350
2009	761
2010	2,002
2011	885
2012	591
2013	398
2014	1,398
2015	1,311
2016	748
2017	1,045
2018	620
2019	522
2020	565
2021	590
2022	698
2023	426
2024	1,170
2025	597
2026	1,053

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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 8 January 2009
Margin	Records
0 to 100	512
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1