Weather Records on 21 January 2009

788 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 2009. Highest significance: Fayetteville (Pwc), US.

Key Facts for 21 January 2009

On 21 January 2009, 788 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 763 daily.
Fayetteville (Pwc) set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 21 January 2009.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

788 stations

788 station records on 21 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Underwood	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luqa	Malta	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteville 7 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria di Leuc	Italy	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carbo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Overton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camborne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taiyuan	China	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

788 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 68.

Records on 21 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	68

Records on 21 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

595 broken records

Margins by which the 595 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

21 January 2009

Top 20 records on 21 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 2009	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 January 2009	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	111 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 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)
21 January 2009	Wilson 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Tioga 1E, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Brighton Downs, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	San Luis Acatlan, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Max, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Great Falls 16St, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Paradise, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Sarajevo, BA	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Borzja, RU	daily high min	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 2009	Minot Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	60 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

1793 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2009. 2009 had 788 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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	579
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2