Weather Records on 19 February 2009

584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 2009. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 19 February 2009

On 19 February 2009, 584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 547 daily.
Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 19 February 2009.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

584 stations

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

Weather records on 19 February 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Presa la Concepcion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Redstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Myall Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bear Lake	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Castillos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corfu	Greece	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tanlajas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niles	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tagus	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Embry	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huahuaxtla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapuluacanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangra (Wallangra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-42.1 C (-43.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yushu	China	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tlamaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Underwood	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

584 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 19 February 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 19 February 2009 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 2009

Top 20 records on 19 February 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 2009	Armagh, GB	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 February 2009	Presa la Concepcion, MX	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 February 2009	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 February 2009	Kooline, AU	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 February 2009	Redstone, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 February 2009	Glens Falls Farm, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Coonamble Comparison, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Warambie, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Barrow AP, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Glen Florrie Station, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Preston, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Coonamble (Myall Downs), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Ramos Arizpe (Smn), MX	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Big Bear Lake, US	daily snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Wiseman, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2009	Los Castillos, MX	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	36 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

1794 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2009. 2009 had 584 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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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	383
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1