Weather Records on 9 January 2009

825 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 2009. Highest significance: Max, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 2009

On 9 January 2009, 825 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 780 daily.
Max set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 9 January 2009.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

825 stations

825 station records on 9 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Max	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Halliday	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Las Margaritas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zap	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ephraim	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auke Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hague	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Hurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Massena	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elfin Cove	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

825 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 114, Deepest snow cover 67.

Records on 9 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	114
Deepest snow cover	67

Records on 9 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 35, daily 780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 2009

Top 20 records on 9 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 2009	Max, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2009	Stanley 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2009	Steele 4N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Wildrose 3NW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Halliday, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Raymond Border STN, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Turtle Lake, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Glacier Bay, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Allegany Sp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Velva, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Max, US	all-time snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Garrison, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Westby, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Courtenay 1 NW, US	all-time snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Las Margaritas, MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Mohall, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Tioga 1E, US	all-time snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2009	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	44 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

1799 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2009. 2009 had 825 records.

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

Records on 01-09 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1806	1
1830	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	1
1853	2
1855	1
1857	2
1858	2
1861	2
1862	2
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1882	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	4
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	1
1897	6
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	12
1906	13
1907	10
1908	13
1909	9
1910	14
1911	16
1912	64
1913	8
1914	30
1915	29
1916	56
1917	51
1918	76
1919	36
1920	66
1921	71
1922	92
1923	83
1924	161
1925	84
1926	144
1927	120
1928	387
1929	208
1930	919
1931	66
1932	205
1933	287
1934	446
1935	783
1936	577
1937	1,637
1938	250
1939	1,091
1940	623
1941	431
1942	948
1943	342
1944	442
1945	543
1946	623
1947	178
1948	278
1949	1,035
1950	407
1951	261
1952	310
1953	1,148
1954	298
1955	206
1956	416
1957	1,439
1958	661
1959	355
1960	575
1961	140
1962	1,334
1963	690
1964	857
1965	673
1966	289
1967	409
1968	1,461
1969	569
1970	1,833
1971	659
1972	617
1973	1,380
1974	1,392
1975	1,055
1976	792
1977	1,631
1978	1,494
1979	891
1980	794
1981	635
1982	1,162
1983	759
1984	538
1985	1,541
1986	685
1987	1,243
1988	1,247
1989	1,460
1990	1,335
1991	1,048
1992	1,368
1993	1,524
1994	852
1995	1,099
1996	1,632
1997	1,440
1998	1,735
1999	947
2000	677
2001	829
2002	1,889
2003	1,186
2004	717
2005	1,135
2006	872
2007	1,607
2008	1,335
2009	825
2010	1,941
2011	802
2012	604
2013	641
2014	694
2015	868
2016	616
2017	943
2018	742
2019	323
2020	471
2021	405
2022	356
2023	519
2024	1,533
2025	744
2026	1,609

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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	539
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1