Weather Records on 9 January 2017

943 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 2017. Highest significance: Madras, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 2017

On 9 January 2017, 943 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 892 daily.
Madras set an all-time record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 9 January 2017.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

943 stations

943 station records on 9 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madras	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Grizzly	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
South Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wisdom	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sutcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yingkou	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deadman Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stead	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Joe Wright	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Creek Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Porphyry Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Currant Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.0 mm (10.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Denio	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roach	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spud Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nast Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pichilingue	Ecuador	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	267.2 mm (10.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

943 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 394, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 121.

Records on 9 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	121

Records on 9 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 43, daily 892.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

780 broken records

Margins by which the 780 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 2017

Top 20 records on 9 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 2017	Madras, US	all-time snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	107 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2017	Snake Rvr, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2017	Grizzly, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2017	Happy Camp Rs, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2017	South Pass, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2017	Wisdom, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Sutcliffe, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Prineville, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	105 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Minden, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Tracy Carbona, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	110 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Vinton, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Cloquet, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Yingkou, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Hollister 2, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Bend, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Westcliffe, US	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2017	Copper Mountain, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 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

1799 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2017. 2017 had 943 records.

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

Records on 01-09 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1806	1
1830	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	1
1853	2
1855	1
1857	2
1858	2
1861	2
1862	2
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1882	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	4
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	1
1897	6
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	12
1906	13
1907	10
1908	13
1909	9
1910	14
1911	16
1912	64
1913	8
1914	30
1915	29
1916	56
1917	51
1918	76
1919	36
1920	66
1921	71
1922	92
1923	83
1924	161
1925	84
1926	144
1927	120
1928	387
1929	208
1930	919
1931	66
1932	205
1933	287
1934	446
1935	783
1936	577
1937	1,637
1938	250
1939	1,091
1940	623
1941	431
1942	948
1943	342
1944	442
1945	543
1946	623
1947	178
1948	278
1949	1,035
1950	407
1951	261
1952	310
1953	1,148
1954	298
1955	206
1956	416
1957	1,439
1958	661
1959	355
1960	575
1961	140
1962	1,334
1963	690
1964	857
1965	673
1966	289
1967	409
1968	1,461
1969	569
1970	1,833
1971	659
1972	617
1973	1,380
1974	1,392
1975	1,055
1976	792
1977	1,631
1978	1,494
1979	891
1980	794
1981	635
1982	1,162
1983	759
1984	538
1985	1,541
1986	685
1987	1,243
1988	1,247
1989	1,460
1990	1,335
1991	1,048
1992	1,368
1993	1,524
1994	852
1995	1,099
1996	1,632
1997	1,440
1998	1,735
1999	947
2000	677
2001	829
2002	1,889
2003	1,186
2004	717
2005	1,135
2006	872
2007	1,607
2008	1,335
2009	825
2010	1,941
2011	802
2012	604
2013	641
2014	694
2015	868
2016	616
2017	943
2018	742
2019	323
2020	471
2021	405
2022	356
2023	519
2024	1,533
2025	744
2026	1,609

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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	734
100 to 200	35
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1