Weather Records on 8 January 1941

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1941. Highest significance: Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU.

Key Facts for 8 January 1941

On 8 January 1941, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 376 daily.
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad) set a daily record precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 8 January 1941.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 559 records.

Record Map

414 stations

414 station records on 8 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	175.0 cm (68.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indapur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Omanama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Suntop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kadayam	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 8 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 8 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 34, daily 376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 810.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1941

Top 20 records on 8 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1941	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1941	Phaltan, IN	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1941	Koregaon, IN	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1941	Dahiwadi, IN	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1941	Patan, IN	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1941	Neilrex (Caigan), AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1941	Vaduj, IN	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1941	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Chiplun, IN	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Medha, IN	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Pusesauli, IN	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Shirala, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	175.0 cm (68.9 in)	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Ratnagiri, IN	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1941	Shepherds Creek, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	50 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1941. 1941 had 414 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 200	376
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1