Weather Records on 8 January 1914

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1914. Highest significance: Visby_Flygplats, SE.

Key Facts for 8 January 1914

On 8 January 1914, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 37 daily.
Visby_Flygplats set a daily record precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 8 January 1914.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 561 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 8 January 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 8 January 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 January 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 37.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

33 broken records

Margins by which the 33 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 15.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1914

Top 20 records on 8 January 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1914	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1914	Oxford, GB	daily high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Landsort, SE	monthly rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Varberg, SE	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Orebro, SE	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Boras, SE	daily rain	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	7 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	3 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	3 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Cet Central England, GB	monthly high max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	15 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1914	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1914. 1914 had 39 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

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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.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 2	12
2 to 4	11
4 to 6	4
6 to 8	2
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	0
12 to 14	0
14 to 16	2