5 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1908. Highest significance: Springbok, ZA.
Key Facts for 1 January 1908
On 1 January 1908, 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.
Springbok set a daily record precipitation of 8.6 mm (0.34 in) on 1 January 1908.
Across 160 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.
Record Map
5 stations
Heaviest daily rainfall
5 station records on 1 January 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 1 January 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Springbok
South Africa
Record daily precipitation
8.6 mm (0.34 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport
South Africa
Record daily precipitation
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
19 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp
South Africa
Record daily precipitation
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
16 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol
South Africa
Record daily precipitation
6.4 mm (0.25 in)
10 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson
South Africa
Record daily precipitation
6.4 mm (0.25 in)
1 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
5 records
Records set or tied on 1 January 1908 by type: Heaviest daily rainfall 5.
Records on 1 January 1908 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 1 January 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 5.
Records on 1 January 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
5
How Much Records Were Beaten By
4 broken records
Margins by which the 4 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 12.2. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 January 1908
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 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1908. 1908 had 5 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 01-01 in each year
Year
Records
1798
1
1800
2
1805
1
1806
2
1825
1
1834
1
1843
3
1853
1
1854
2
1855
1
1860
4
1861
1
1864
1
1868
2
1871
4
1875
2
1876
2
1877
3
1878
1
1879
2
1880
2
1881
2
1882
1
1883
4
1887
1
1888
3
1889
5
1890
3
1891
2
1893
4
1895
2
1896
1
1897
3
1898
3
1899
3
1900
4
1901
4
1902
9
1903
1
1904
6
1905
19
1906
15
1907
18
1908
5
1909
17
1910
10
1911
25
1912
34
1913
48
1914
22
1915
63
1916
31
1917
50
1918
134
1919
62
1920
57
1921
121
1922
59
1923
141
1924
357
1925
133
1926
149
1927
112
1928
760
1929
55
1930
310
1931
211
1932
291
1933
50
1934
364
1935
213
1936
302
1937
627
1938
352
1939
425
1940
306
1941
792
1942
661
1943
419
1944
272
1945
459
1946
183
1947
595
1948
954
1949
451
1950
516
1951
367
1952
1,343
1953
197
1954
493
1955
287
1956
306
1957
218
1958
295
1959
424
1960
958
1961
719
1962
491
1963
586
1964
1,319
1965
520
1966
1,138
1967
272
1968
1,010
1969
955
1970
919
1971
810
1972
357
1973
805
1974
1,883
1975
405
1976
855
1977
1,042
1978
696
1979
3,085
1980
408
1981
854
1982
938
1983
736
1984
1,582
1985
1,102
1986
466
1987
1,227
1988
1,086
1989
553
1990
367
1991
707
1992
1,002
1993
788
1994
522
1995
666
1996
1,360
1997
2,601
1998
964
1999
770
2000
701
2001
1,432
2002
795
2003
1,024
2004
638
2005
1,227
2006
1,184
2007
1,540
2008
663
2009
680
2010
816
2011
1,498
2012
1,216
2013
703
2014
545
2015
786
2016
570
2017
594
2018
2,103
2019
856
2020
522
2021
588
2022
2,399
2023
1,649
2024
370
2025
333
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Data for records on 1908-01-01: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.