Weather Records on 4 February 2009

610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 2009. Highest significance: Dublin Phoenix Park, IE.

Key Facts for 4 February 2009

On 4 February 2009, 610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 598 daily.
Dublin Phoenix Park set a daily record precipitation of 25.1 mm (1.0 in) on 4 February 2009.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

610 stations

610 station records on 4 February 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	400.0 mm (15.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	310.4 mm (12.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	239.6 mm (9.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	286.6 mm (11.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.6 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Lynd Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	236.4 mm (9.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.6 mm (10.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Monica Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oonoonba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flint 7W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bullita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pineville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

610 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 4 February 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 4 February 2009 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

464 broken records

Margins by which the 464 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 2009

Top 20 records on 4 February 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 2009	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2009	Bemerside, AU	daily rain	400.0 mm (15.7 in)	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Marshall, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	97 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Cleveland, US	daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	310.4 mm (12.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	109 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	239.6 mm (9.4 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	109 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Elizabethtown, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Bad Axe, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	286.6 mm (11.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Gilberton, AU	daily rain	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Berkeley, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Laporte, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Wanatah 2 WNW, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2009	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	39 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 610 records.

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

Records on 02-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	2
1826	2
1827	2
1828	2
1829	1
1830	2
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	2
1862	2
1869	3
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1882	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1897	2
1898	6
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	17
1904	4
1905	8
1906	8
1907	11
1908	23
1909	33
1910	13
1911	81
1912	83
1913	39
1914	31
1915	20
1916	25
1917	123
1918	80
1919	57
1920	76
1921	41
1922	86
1923	76
1924	276
1925	257
1926	149
1927	537
1928	547
1929	87
1930	316
1931	176
1932	329
1933	162
1934	200
1935	253
1936	497
1937	190
1938	481
1939	179
1940	339
1941	288
1942	378
1943	417
1944	244
1945	336
1946	506
1947	573
1948	585
1949	439
1950	502
1951	391
1952	751
1953	546
1954	853
1955	968
1956	713
1957	620
1958	393
1959	448
1960	421
1961	648
1962	968
1963	1,348
1964	608
1965	461
1966	573
1967	432
1968	298
1969	399
1970	1,195
1971	989
1972	666
1973	616
1974	368
1975	667
1976	672
1977	448
1978	594
1979	1,477
1980	591
1981	566
1982	1,812
1983	787
1984	588
1985	1,865
1986	1,550
1987	472
1988	1,006
1989	3,693
1990	1,546
1991	1,773
1992	952
1993	1,032
1994	597
1995	1,012
1996	3,525
1997	1,270
1998	1,331
1999	1,055
2000	531
2001	1,323
2002	1,232
2003	703
2004	1,431
2005	1,610
2006	633
2007	1,254
2008	1,331
2009	610
2010	1,384
2011	1,913
2012	1,748
2013	398
2014	530
2015	786
2016	1,023
2017	603
2018	1,241
2019	1,435
2020	1,198
2021	644
2022	954
2023	418
2024	911
2025	1,846
2026	782

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Data for records on 2009-02-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	413
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1