8 station records on 3 January 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 3 January 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Jena Sternwarte
Germany
Record low maximum temperature
-16.2 C (2.8 F)
38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte
Germany
Record low minimum temperature
-26.8 C (-16.2 F)
24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle
Belgium
Record low minimum temperature
-13.2 C (8.2 F)
23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe
United States
Record daily precipitation
3.3 mm (0.13 in)
19 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton West
Canada
Record daily snowfall
10.2 cm (4.0 in)
16 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton West
Canada
Record daily precipitation
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
15 of 100 (Routine)
Wien
Austria
Record low maximum temperature
-10.4 C (13.3 F)
11 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen
Germany
Record low maximum temperature
-9.3 C (15.3 F)
8 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
8 records
Records set or tied on 3 January 1908 by type: Lowest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 2, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.
Records on 3 January 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
0
Lowest daily maximum
3
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
2
Heaviest daily rainfall
2
Heaviest daily snowfall
1
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 3 January 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 8.
Records on 3 January 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
8
How Much Records Were Beaten By
8 broken records
Margins by which the 8 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 26.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 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 8 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 01-03 in each year
Year
Records
1794
1
1798
1
1800
1
1823
2
1825
1
1830
2
1839
1
1848
1
1853
1
1860
2
1861
1
1864
1
1867
2
1868
2
1871
2
1873
1
1874
2
1876
2
1877
3
1878
1
1879
2
1882
2
1883
3
1884
1
1886
4
1887
5
1888
3
1889
4
1890
3
1891
4
1892
1
1893
1
1894
1
1895
3
1896
1
1897
3
1899
2
1900
15
1901
4
1902
15
1903
17
1904
51
1905
12
1906
13
1907
26
1908
8
1909
11
1910
23
1911
40
1912
26
1913
83
1914
33
1915
29
1916
60
1917
52
1918
80
1919
54
1920
31
1921
139
1922
80
1923
46
1924
222
1925
139
1926
268
1927
235
1928
412
1929
58
1930
160
1931
100
1932
167
1933
160
1934
208
1935
249
1936
404
1937
291
1938
139
1939
498
1940
312
1941
595
1942
505
1943
508
1944
361
1945
148
1946
171
1947
662
1948
462
1949
910
1950
2,025
1951
459
1952
587
1953
241
1954
370
1955
443
1956
188
1957
177
1958
326
1959
861
1960
431
1961
543
1962
802
1963
494
1964
513
1965
492
1966
885
1967
247
1968
582
1969
516
1970
749
1971
1,280
1972
313
1973
623
1974
1,010
1975
710
1976
524
1977
790
1978
745
1979
2,417
1980
470
1981
1,401
1982
1,380
1983
921
1984
983
1985
739
1986
676
1987
843
1988
1,034
1989
740
1990
467
1991
1,077
1992
1,200
1993
910
1994
902
1995
726
1996
2,085
1997
3,676
1998
1,434
1999
1,568
2000
2,063
2001
1,385
2002
1,307
2003
981
2004
1,406
2005
1,157
2006
1,472
2007
1,396
2008
948
2009
682
2010
1,337
2011
681
2012
956
2013
496
2014
1,029
2015
869
2016
605
2017
1,053
2018
1,433
2019
466
2020
769
2021
473
2022
985
2023
1,315
2024
734
2025
653
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Data for records on 1908-01-03: 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.