Weather Records on 8 January 1934

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1934. Highest significance: Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU.

Key Facts for 8 January 1934

On 8 January 1934, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 421 daily.
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street) set a daily record precipitation of 108.5 mm (4.3 in) on 8 January 1934.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 558 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 8 January 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bomaderry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cragie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 379, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 January 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	379
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 January 1934 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 24, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1934

Top 20 records on 8 January 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1934	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1934	Lockhart Bowling Club, AU	all-time rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1934	Barramunga, AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1934	Klipplaat (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1934	Bukalong Station, AU	monthly rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Molong (King St), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Grenfell (Quondong Rd), AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Coolamon Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1934	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)

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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1934. 1934 had 450 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	305
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	8
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1