Weather Records on 9 January 2018

742 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 2018. Highest significance: Redlands, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 2018

On 9 January 2018, 742 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
468 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 719 daily.
Redlands set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 9 January 2018.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

742 stations

742 station records on 9 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Boxian	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agzu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos Arburua Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McCarran Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Cepet	France	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sutter Hill Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ghadames East	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ratece-Planica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Public AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beverley Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Beach (Sunrise Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

742 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 314, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 9 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	314
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 9 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

607 broken records

Margins by which the 607 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 2018

Top 20 records on 9 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 2018	Redlands, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	112 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2018	Yulin, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2018	Mount Barnett, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2018	Boxian, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Agzu, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Randsburg, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Los Banos Arburua Rch, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Stratford, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Castle Dale, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Indio Fire STN, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Panoche 2 W, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Newark, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	140 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Irozaki, JP	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Lakeside 2 E, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2018	Utah Lake Lehi, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	42 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2018. 2018 had 742 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 20	567
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	3