Weather Records on 8 January 1926

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1926. Highest significance: Trentham (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 8 January 1926

On 8 January 1926, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 244 daily.
Trentham (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 8 January 1926.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 560 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 8 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Gipsy Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frankston State Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 244.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1926

Top 20 records on 8 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1926	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Genoa (Gipsy Point), AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Anakie, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1926	Dargo, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1926	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1926	Riddells Creek, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1926	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1926	Paynesville (Banksia), AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1926	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1926	Wilsons Reservoir, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1926	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1926	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	30 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1926. 1926 had 245 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 50	207
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1