Weather Records on 8 July 2009

971 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 2009. Highest significance: Herrvik, SE.

Key Facts for 8 July 2009

On 8 July 2009, 971 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 275 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 912 daily.
Herrvik set an all-time record daily precipitation of 76.0 mm (3.0 in) on 8 July 2009.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

971 stations

971 station records on 8 July 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Herrvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Norberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taiyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parainen Uto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Borlange	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bergeligrend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jomala Jomalaby	Finland	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich Public Utility Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sater_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Husaro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hejnum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxelosund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leksand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Otog Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liubashivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avesta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spansberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kopparberg_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Comitan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rimbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Angostura	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

971 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 234.

Records on 8 July 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 2009 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 51, daily 912.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

677 broken records

Margins by which the 677 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 2009

Top 20 records on 8 July 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 2009	Herrvik, SE	all-time rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2009	Norberg, SE	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	San Diego de Alejandria, MX	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Koping, SE	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Willcox, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Taiyuan, CN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Parainen Uto, FI	all-time rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Borlange, SE	all-time rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Gustavsberg, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Bergeligrend, NO	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Geneseo, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Fayette, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Jomala Jomalaby, FI	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Norwich Public Utility Plt, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Sater_D, SE	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Husaro, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Izuhara, JP	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2009	Hejnum, SE	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	46 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 971 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 2009-07-08: 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 20	644
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1