Weather Records on 9 January 2024

1,533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 2024. Highest significance: Ensay, AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 2024

On 9 January 2024, 1,533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 209 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,477 daily.
Ensay set a daily record precipitation of 96.2 mm (3.8 in) on 9 January 2024.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

1,533 stations

1,533 station records on 9 January 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	365.0 mm (14.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hickory FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Asheville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dubuque Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Altoona Blair Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Spartanburg 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hubbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kaena Pt 841.3	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,533 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 837, Heaviest daily snowfall 239, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 9 January 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	837
Heaviest daily snowfall	239
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 9 January 2024 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 53, daily 1,477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,407 broken records

Margins by which the 1,407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 2024

Top 20 records on 9 January 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 2024	Ensay, AU	daily rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 January 2024	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	122 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 January 2024	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 January 2024	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	104 years	78 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Albemarle, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	High Pt, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Ellsworth, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	94 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Tabora Airport, TZ	all-time rain	365.0 mm (14.4 in)	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	22 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Lecompton, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Rock Is L&D 15, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	134 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Danville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	128 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Hickory FAA AP, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Asheville AP, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Greensboro AP, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Ft Payne, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Marshalltown, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2024	Mullan Pass Vor/Dme, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)

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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2024. 2024 had 1,533 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	1,356
100 to 200	48
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1