6 station records on 2 January 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 2 January 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Bologna
Italy
Record daily precipitation
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro
Italy
Record daily precipitation
22.0 mm (0.9 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale
South Africa
Record daily precipitation
11.4 mm (0.4 in)
19 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison
Australia
Record low minimum temperature
8.9 C (48.0 F)
12 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn
Estonia
Record daily precipitation
3.3 mm (0.13 in)
12 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE
United States
Record high maximum temperature
16.1 C (61.0 F)
12 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
6 records
Records set or tied on 2 January 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 4.
Records on 2 January 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
1
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
1
Heaviest daily rainfall
4
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 2 January 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 6.
Records on 2 January 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
6
How Much Records Were Beaten By
6 broken records
Margins by which the 6 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 10.9. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 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
1794 to 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1908. 1908 had 6 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 01-02 in each year
Year
Records
1794
2
1797
1
1800
1
1810
1
1823
1
1825
2
1830
2
1834
1
1840
1
1854
1
1855
1
1860
4
1861
4
1868
1
1869
1
1870
1
1871
4
1873
3
1874
1
1875
3
1876
4
1877
1
1879
3
1880
1
1882
1
1883
4
1886
1
1887
2
1888
1
1889
4
1890
2
1891
2
1892
1
1893
3
1894
2
1895
1
1896
7
1897
1
1898
2
1899
8
1900
7
1901
9
1902
5
1903
6
1904
22
1905
14
1906
8
1907
18
1908
6
1909
26
1910
17
1911
22
1912
53
1913
19
1914
27
1915
22
1916
43
1917
86
1918
114
1919
49
1920
48
1921
265
1922
77
1923
46
1924
165
1925
146
1926
190
1927
241
1928
744
1929
42
1930
264
1931
296
1932
148
1933
107
1934
242
1935
283
1936
460
1937
634
1938
111
1939
633
1940
403
1941
518
1942
619
1943
440
1944
355
1945
327
1946
157
1947
776
1948
967
1949
338
1950
1,253
1951
622
1952
823
1953
281
1954
309
1955
407
1956
179
1957
199
1958
240
1959
391
1960
630
1961
638
1962
582
1963
508
1964
955
1965
638
1966
964
1967
265
1968
807
1969
623
1970
947
1971
624
1972
407
1973
524
1974
1,495
1975
622
1976
653
1977
664
1978
689
1979
3,391
1980
360
1981
989
1982
1,102
1983
690
1984
1,221
1985
860
1986
641
1987
1,083
1988
1,279
1989
584
1990
425
1991
689
1992
947
1993
893
1994
576
1995
570
1996
1,425
1997
3,370
1998
1,108
1999
1,607
2000
1,340
2001
1,410
2002
1,021
2003
1,363
2004
1,212
2005
1,205
2006
1,658
2007
941
2008
843
2009
826
2010
1,304
2011
866
2012
805
2013
548
2014
684
2015
778
2016
603
2017
771
2018
2,158
2019
477
2020
644
2021
491
2022
1,898
2023
1,492
2024
635
2025
566
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Data for records on 1908-01-02: 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.