Weather Records on 9 January 2021

405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 2021. Highest significance: Glenorchy, AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 2021

On 9 January 2021, 405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 382 daily.
Glenorchy set a daily record precipitation of 54.5 mm (2.1 in) on 9 January 2021.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

405 stations

405 station records on 9 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nalut	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bernardo	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.4 mm (8.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guemar	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nalut	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ouargla	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Girralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hon	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanya	China	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kayes/Dag-Dag	Mali	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gafsa	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anqing	China	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mutsu	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yakushima	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niamey Aero	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dongtai	China	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iizuka	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sukumo	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saga	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yibin	China	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guiyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dinghai	China	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

405 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 9 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 9 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 2021

Top 20 records on 9 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 2021	Glenorchy, AU	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2021	Zuara, LY	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Misurata, LY	monthly high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra), AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Nalut, LY	monthly high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Misurata, LY	daily high max	30.5 C (86.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Bernardo, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Mahabaleshwar, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Northam, AU	daily high min	25.1 C (77.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd, AU	daily rain	225.4 mm (8.9 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Narrogin, AU	daily high max	40.2 C (104.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Mariupol', UA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Guemar, DZ	monthly high min	21.9 C (71.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Nalut, LY	monthly high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Ouargla, DZ	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Girralong, AU	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Gibraltar, GI	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Poprad/Tatry, SK	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 2021	Hon, LY	daily high max	30.5 C (86.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	58 years	37 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2021. 2021 had 405 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	356
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1