Weather Records on 9 February 2009

1,354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 2009. Highest significance: Williston Sloulin Fld, US.

Key Facts for 9 February 2009

On 9 February 2009, 1,354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
528 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,306 daily.
Williston Sloulin Fld set a daily record snowfall of 13.7 cm (5.4 in) on 9 February 2009.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

1,354 stations

1,354 station records on 9 February 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Heathrow	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Malad City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Longvalley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beer Sheva	Israel	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Writtle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brinard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
East Bergholt	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Numil Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tlapa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.2 cm (17.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Mountain 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guajataca Dam	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,354 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 616, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 9 February 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	616
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 9 February 2009 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 46, daily 1,306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,131 broken records

Margins by which the 1,131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 2009

Top 20 records on 9 February 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 2009	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	93 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	125 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Barkly Downs, AU	all-time rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Beowawe, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Armagh, GB	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Heathrow, GB	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Midland, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Malad City, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Fairfield, US	all-time rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	98 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 February 2009	Pollock, US	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Imperial Muni AP, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Oxford, GB	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	127 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Longvalley, US	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Tioga 1E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Beer Sheva, IL	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Writtle, GB	monthly rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Bognor Regis, GB	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Brinard Station, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 2009	Wamsutter, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	75 years	47 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

1798 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2009. 2009 had 1,354 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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	1,118
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1