Weather Records on 8 January 1944

228 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1944. Highest significance: Ada, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1944

On 8 January 1944, 228 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 221 daily.
Ada set an all-time record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 8 January 1944.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 560 records.

Record Map

228 stations

228 station records on 8 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ada	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Reno	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hanumangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sujangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

228 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 8 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 8 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 221.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1944

Top 20 records on 8 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1944	Ada, US	all-time snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1944	Conway, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1944	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Tulia 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Ada, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Campbell (Mun), ZA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Stuttgart, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Abbeville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Ft Reno, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Stockdale, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Pine Bluff, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Ocala, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1944	Ada, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1944	Childress 3 W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1944	Denison Hwy 60 Brg, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1944	Conway, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1944	Stuttgart, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1944	Marlow 1 WSW, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1944	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	29 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1944. 1944 had 228 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	156
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1