Weather Records on 9 January 1999

947 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1999. Highest significance: Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU.

Key Facts for 9 January 1999

On 9 January 1999, 947 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 902 daily.
Captains Flat (Foxlow St) set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 9 January 1999.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

947 stations

947 station records on 9 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Logrono-Agoncillo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nachiki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upanema (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Won Wron Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington 2S	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchburg 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

947 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 98, Deepest snow cover 185.

Records on 9 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	98
Deepest snow cover	185

Records on 9 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 40, daily 902.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

754 broken records

Margins by which the 754 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1999

Top 20 records on 9 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1999	Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	97 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1999	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1999	Pontiac, US	all-time snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Champaign 3S, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Logrono-Agoncillo, ES	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Homer 3NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Ft Madison, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Lancaster, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Somerset 2 N, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Beverly Stp, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Nachiki, RU	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Derry 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Peru, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Lowell Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Jackson 3 NW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Springfield Exp STN, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1999	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	49 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1999. 1999 had 947 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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Data for records on 1999-01-09: 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	613
50 to 100	66
100 to 150	36
150 to 200	22
200 to 250	12
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	2