5 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1900. Highest significance: Brisbane Regional Office, AU.
Key Facts for 8 January 1900
On 8 January 1900, 5 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 5 daily.
Brisbane Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 95.8 mm (3.8 in) on 8 January 1900.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 561 records.
Record Map
5 stations
Heaviest daily rainfall
5 station records on 8 January 1900 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 8 January 1900: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Brisbane Regional Office
Australia
Record daily precipitation
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
32 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn
Australia
Record daily precipitation
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
28 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West
Australia
Record daily precipitation
54.4 mm (2.1 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)
Australia
Record daily precipitation
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street
Australia
Record daily precipitation
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
8 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
5 records
Records set or tied on 8 January 1900 by type: Heaviest daily rainfall 5.
Records on 8 January 1900 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
0
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
5
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 8 January 1900 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 5.
Records on 8 January 1900 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
5
How Much Records Were Beaten By
5 broken records
Margins by which the 5 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.2. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 January 1900
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
1806 to 1900
1900
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1900. 1900 had 5 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 01-08 in each year
Year
Records
1806
2
1839
1
1841
1
1846
1
1854
1
1855
1
1856
1
1858
2
1862
1
1866
1
1867
3
1871
1
1873
1
1874
2
1877
5
1880
1
1882
2
1884
2
1886
3
1887
2
1888
2
1890
5
1891
1
1893
1
1895
4
1896
1
1897
5
1898
3
1899
1
1900
5
1901
6
1902
7
1903
13
1904
10
1905
10
1906
9
1907
24
1908
25
1909
12
1910
9
1911
13
1912
49
1913
35
1914
39
1915
51
1916
33
1917
23
1918
83
1919
91
1920
68
1921
43
1922
243
1923
165
1924
112
1925
70
1926
245
1927
107
1928
291
1929
183
1930
810
1931
104
1932
173
1933
243
1934
450
1935
824
1936
714
1937
1,703
1938
207
1939
619
1940
560
1941
414
1942
1,643
1943
371
1944
228
1945
520
1946
476
1947
238
1948
566
1949
463
1950
290
1951
387
1952
341
1953
669
1954
362
1955
167
1956
402
1957
616
1958
658
1959
295
1960
422
1961
236
1962
780
1963
692
1964
437
1965
1,185
1966
443
1967
463
1968
1,675
1969
651
1970
1,713
1971
730
1972
516
1973
1,496
1974
1,171
1975
957
1976
1,215
1977
537
1978
805
1979
1,640
1980
569
1981
589
1982
1,320
1983
598
1984
604
1985
1,545
1986
654
1987
820
1988
1,644
1989
1,900
1990
1,161
1991
872
1992
1,640
1993
1,525
1994
1,224
1995
783
1996
2,009
1997
1,203
1998
2,895
1999
1,107
2000
605
2001
954
2002
1,628
2003
1,362
2004
684
2005
1,764
2006
1,204
2007
1,003
2008
2,350
2009
761
2010
2,002
2011
885
2012
591
2013
398
2014
1,398
2015
1,311
2016
748
2017
1,045
2018
620
2019
522
2020
565
2021
590
2022
698
2023
426
2024
1,170
2025
597
2026
1,053
Download the Data
Data for records on 1900-01-08: 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.