Weather Records on 7 October 2009

1,926 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 2009. Highest significance: Soltau, DE.

Key Facts for 7 October 2009

On 7 October 2009, 1,926 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,200 were record highs and 259 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 240 monthly and 1,684 daily.
Soltau set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 7 October 2009.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,926 stations

1,926 station records on 7 October 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Uelzen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Heibloem (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lochem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Neuruppin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Luchow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stramproy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Loningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kyritz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Finchley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seehausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bete Bolong (Russells Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ixhuatlan del Cafe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenvoorde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rekken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cann River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sevenum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gendringen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gardelegen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselsteyn (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tilburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Club Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Rothenfelde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zaltbommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deurne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Delta Cc	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,926 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 487, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 713, Lowest daily minimum 138, Heaviest daily rainfall 409, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 7 October 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	487
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	713
Lowest daily minimum	138
Heaviest daily rainfall	409
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 7 October 2009 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 240, daily 1,684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,496 broken records

Margins by which the 1,496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 2009

Top 20 records on 7 October 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 2009	Soltau, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 October 2009	Angermunde, DE	monthly rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2009	Winterswijk, NL	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	114 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2009	Kleve, DE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2009	Uelzen, DE	monthly rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2009	Heibloem (L), NL	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2009	Roermond, NL	monthly rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2009	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2009	Beckum-Unterberg, DE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2009	Someren, NL	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Lochem, NL	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Black Mountain, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	118 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Tanegashima, JP	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Buchan, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	114 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Ensay, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Neuruppin, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Bochum, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2009	Luchow, DE	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	55 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

1802 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2009. 2009 had 1,926 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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Data for records on 2009-10-07: 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	1,462
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1