Weather Records on 22 April 2009

959 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 2009. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 22 April 2009

On 22 April 2009, 959 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
540 were record highs and 303 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 899 daily.
Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 22 April 2009.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

959 stations

959 station records on 22 April 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnij_Baskuncak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kapoho Beach 93.11	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

959 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 372, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 203, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 22 April 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	372
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	203
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 22 April 2009 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 59, daily 899.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 2009

Top 20 records on 22 April 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 2009	Armagh, GB	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	128 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 April 2009	Muroran, JP	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Eastport, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Paisley, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Cold Bay AP, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Cascade 5 S, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Berkeley, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Vacaville, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Spencer, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Milo, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Chandler, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	De Sabla, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Ashland, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Big Timber, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2009	Kursk, RU	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	112 years	40 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

1800 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2009. 2009 had 959 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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	691
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1