Weather Records on 8 January 1928

291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1928. Highest significance: Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 January 1928

On 8 January 1928, 291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 287 daily.
Lady Frere (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 8 January 1928.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 559 records.

Record Map

291 stations

291 station records on 8 January 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

291 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 January 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 January 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

248 broken records

Margins by which the 248 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1928

Top 20 records on 8 January 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1928	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1928	Brakfontein, ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1928	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1928	Ida, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1928	Hillmoor, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1928	Toronto, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Mt Crosby, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Fort Chipewyan, CA	monthly high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Calgary Int'l A, CA	monthly high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Booneville, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Concord, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Stratford, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	58 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Peterborough, CA	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Port Arthur, CA	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Ottawa, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1928	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	22 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1928. 1928 had 291 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 20	240
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1