Weather Records on 8 January 1945

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1945. Highest significance: Barmer, IN.

Key Facts for 8 January 1945

On 8 January 1945, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 506 daily.
Barmer set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 8 January 1945.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 558 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 8 January 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barmer	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chotan	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheo	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pachpadra	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 8 January 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 8 January 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 506.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1945

Top 20 records on 8 January 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1945	Barmer, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Chotan, IN	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Mokakchung, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Anadia, BR	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Atlin, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Eucla, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Adhoura, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Timbauba, BR	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Ocala, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1945	Strydenberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1945	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1945	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1945	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1945	Coldwater St School, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1945	Kentville Cda, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1945	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	30 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1945. 1945 had 520 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	387
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2