Weather Records on 8 January 1935

824 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1935. Highest significance: Joliet, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1935

On 8 January 1935, 824 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
480 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 819 daily.
Joliet set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 8 January 1935.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

824 stations

824 station records on 8 January 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-41.9 C (-43.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

824 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 428, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 January 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	428
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 January 1935 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 819.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

727 broken records

Margins by which the 727 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1935

Top 20 records on 8 January 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1935	Joliet, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Omalur, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Pontiac, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Chazy, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Asheville, US	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Boylston, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Charlotte, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Aledo, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Swift Current, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Woodstock, CA	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Toronto, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Walnut, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1935	Warsaw, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	35 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1935. 1935 had 824 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 25	698
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2