Weather Records on 22 January 2009

1,031 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 2009. Highest significance: Raleigh State UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 22 January 2009

On 22 January 2009, 1,031 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
583 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 988 daily.
Raleigh State UNIV set a daily record snow depth of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 22 January 2009.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

1,031 stations

1,031 station records on 22 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Underwood	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoek_van_Holland_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Fort Grey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ensenada 1 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shahat	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville Monastery	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de Arocha	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zadar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nalut	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tinun	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Villa de Chiapilla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Desert Nwr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,031 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 259, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 324, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 22 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	259
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	324
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 22 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 988.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

795 broken records

Margins by which the 795 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

22 January 2009

Top 20 records on 22 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 2009	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	116 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2009	Underwood, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	99 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Mont-de-Marsan, FR	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 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)
22 January 2009	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Hoek_van_Holland_1, NL	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Rio Blanco Lower, PR	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Tibooburra (Fort Grey), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 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)
22 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)
22 January 2009	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Locke 2 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Canary, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Ensenada 1 W, PR	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 2009	Clifton, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	89 years	42 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

1795 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2009. 2009 had 1,031 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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	780
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2