7 station records on 23 January 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 23 January 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Kiandra Chalet
Australia
Record daily precipitation
71.6 mm (2.8 in)
36 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland
United States
Record daily snowfall
2.5 cm (1.0 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol
Australia
Record low minimum temperature
2.8 C (37.0 F)
19 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo
United States
Record daily precipitation
13.7 mm (0.5 in)
18 of 100 (Routine)
Bobadah (Melrose)
Australia
Record daily precipitation
15.0 mm (0.6 in)
14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough
Canada
Record daily precipitation
8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough
Canada
Record daily snowfall
8.9 cm (3.5 in)
1 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
7 records
Records set or tied on 23 January 1908 by type: Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 4, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.
Records on 23 January 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
0
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
1
Heaviest daily rainfall
4
Heaviest daily snowfall
2
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 23 January 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 6.
Records on 23 January 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
1
daily
6
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 55.3. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 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
1795 to 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1908. 1908 had 7 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 01-23 in each year
Year
Records
1795
2
1800
2
1812
1
1815
1
1823
3
1827
1
1840
1
1845
1
1846
2
1849
1
1850
1
1852
1
1855
2
1856
1
1860
1
1867
1
1869
2
1871
1
1872
1
1873
1
1874
1
1879
1
1880
1
1881
2
1882
1
1884
3
1886
1
1887
4
1888
1
1890
2
1891
3
1892
3
1893
5
1894
4
1895
4
1896
6
1897
1
1898
5
1899
8
1900
5
1901
5
1902
6
1903
5
1904
11
1905
4
1906
49
1907
22
1908
7
1909
60
1910
18
1911
5
1912
8
1913
32
1914
17
1915
30
1916
31
1917
245
1918
69
1919
28
1920
49
1921
38
1922
54
1923
63
1924
79
1925
118
1926
223
1927
262
1928
39
1929
304
1930
697
1931
243
1932
265
1933
757
1934
287
1935
588
1936
1,202
1937
686
1938
335
1939
406
1940
701
1941
345
1942
535
1943
1,200
1944
478
1945
146
1946
417
1947
414
1948
918
1949
705
1950
644
1951
283
1952
498
1953
531
1954
472
1955
568
1956
354
1957
593
1958
259
1959
535
1960
544
1961
529
1962
624
1963
1,366
1964
455
1965
831
1966
973
1967
1,336
1968
547
1969
1,128
1970
1,157
1971
407
1972
695
1973
495
1974
484
1975
457
1976
1,092
1977
629
1978
911
1979
1,109
1980
743
1981
1,387
1982
1,884
1983
845
1984
736
1985
775
1986
611
1987
1,230
1988
741
1989
634
1990
1,376
1991
891
1992
737
1993
1,273
1994
798
1995
991
1996
889
1997
936
1998
724
1999
2,024
2000
1,155
2001
588
2002
1,174
2003
1,269
2004
726
2005
1,207
2006
1,104
2007
1,127
2008
802
2009
1,334
2010
1,284
2011
741
2012
610
2013
764
2014
916
2015
561
2016
1,168
2017
1,089
2018
641
2019
688
2020
895
2021
454
2022
682
2023
567
2024
868
2025
1,017
Download the Data
Data for records on 1908-01-23: 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.