Weather Records on 13 January 2009

875 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 2009. Highest significance: Sterlegova, RU.

Key Facts for 13 January 2009

On 13 January 2009, 875 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
487 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 809 daily.
Sterlegova set an all-time record daily precipitation of 52.9 mm (2.1 in) on 13 January 2009.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

875 stations

875 station records on 13 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sterlegova	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.4 mm (8.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.6 mm (9.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.2 mm (9.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Aguada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.2 mm (8.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria di Leuc	Italy	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ephraim	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.2 mm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sanya	China	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tezontepec (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Messina	Italy	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Ocotlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zearing	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

875 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 292, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 13 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	292
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 13 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 55, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

677 broken records

Margins by which the 677 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 2009

Top 20 records on 13 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 2009	Sterlegova, RU	all-time rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 January 2009	Majors Creek, AU	daily rain	224.4 mm (8.8 in)	159.6 mm (6.3 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Wilton, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Lake City, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Barkestad, NO	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Steele 4N, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	233.6 mm (9.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	243.2 mm (9.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Ola, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Mc Clusky, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Ridgeway 1 S, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Pollock, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily low min	16.4 C (61.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Willows 6 W, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Agedabia, LY	monthly high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 2009	Newman, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	87 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

1794 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2009. 2009 had 875 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	754
2023	741
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,150

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	660
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1