Weather Records on 19 January 2009

817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 2009. Highest significance: Clarion 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 2009

On 19 January 2009, 817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
398 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 785 daily.
Clarion 3 SW set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 19 January 2009.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

817 stations

817 station records on 19 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maridalsoset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natick	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savage Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuwait Internationa	Kuwait	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

817 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 77.

Records on 19 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	77

Records on 19 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 2009

Top 20 records on 19 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 2009	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 January 2009	Eastport, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	116 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 January 2009	Tioga 1E, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Underwood, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Valley Head, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Maridalsoset, NO	all-time rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Machias, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Woonsocket, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Skagway, US	monthly high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Lowell, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Middleboro, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	122 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Sharon Springs, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Lakeport 2, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Agate 3 E, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Dubois, US	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 2009	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 years	41 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

1796 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2009. 2009 had 817 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	582
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2