Weather Records on 11 February 2009

1,680 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 February 2009. Highest significance: Centralia, US.

Key Facts for 11 February 2009

On 11 February 2009, 1,680 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
961 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,626 daily.
Centralia set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 11 February 2009.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,680 stations

1,680 station records on 11 February 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 February 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	274.0 mm (10.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oroville	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Esmeralda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beecher City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brinard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,680 records

Records set or tied on 11 February 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 395, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 566, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 471, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 11 February 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	395
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	566
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	471
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 11 February 2009 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 50, daily 1,626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,382 broken records

Margins by which the 1,382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 February 2009

Top 20 records on 11 February 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 February 2009	Centralia, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 February 2009	Manfred Downs Station, AU	all-time rain	274.0 mm (10.8 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	77 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Danville, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Charleston, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Edwardsville 2 W, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Mattoon, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Frankfort Disposal, US	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Claremore 2 ENE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Columbus, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	114 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Appleton City, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	109 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Fredericktown, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Hardy, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 February 2009	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2009	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2009	Balmoral Station, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2009	Oroville, US	all-time rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 2009	Nashville 1 E, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	57 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

1798 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2009. 2009 had 1,680 records.

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

Records on 02-11 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1829	4
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1869	4
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	7
1886	2
1887	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	19
1900	8
1901	1
1902	6
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	6
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	17
1911	39
1912	29
1913	5
1914	73
1915	16
1916	24
1917	15
1918	27
1919	42
1920	20
1921	60
1922	76
1923	55
1924	97
1925	315
1926	63
1927	40
1928	269
1929	369
1930	191
1931	157
1932	1,420
1933	392
1934	318
1935	326
1936	562
1937	511
1938	524
1939	405
1940	396
1941	251
1942	198
1943	404
1944	371
1945	206
1946	386
1947	417
1948	827
1949	376
1950	280
1951	957
1952	460
1953	521
1954	411
1955	1,072
1956	545
1957	448
1958	611
1959	394
1960	732
1961	951
1962	975
1963	685
1964	421
1965	950
1966	774
1967	314
1968	404
1969	731
1970	657
1971	732
1972	320
1973	851
1974	555
1975	569
1976	965
1977	959
1978	1,263
1979	1,975
1980	711
1981	2,439
1982	1,042
1983	1,087
1984	726
1985	1,124
1986	1,188
1987	810
1988	1,159
1989	754
1990	1,050
1991	539
1992	782
1993	1,146
1994	1,770
1995	970
1996	969
1997	717
1998	1,468
1999	2,266
2000	1,066
2001	809
2002	1,740
2003	587
2004	834
2005	1,121
2006	558
2007	782
2008	916
2009	1,680
2010	1,323
2011	1,430
2012	964
2013	765
2014	1,032
2015	790
2016	997
2017	1,508
2018	792
2019	929
2020	1,012
2021	1,055
2022	568
2023	387
2024	820
2025	1,282
2026	654

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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 50	1,347
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1