Weather Records on 8 January 1946

476 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1946. Highest significance: Kingston, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1946

On 8 January 1946, 476 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 461 daily.
Kingston set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 8 January 1946.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 558 records.

Record Map

476 stations

476 station records on 8 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

476 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 8 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 8 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1946

Top 20 records on 8 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1946	Kingston, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Hot Springs 2, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Utica, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Aberdeen, US	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Atlanta 1 E, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Valley of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Marshall, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Celina, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Pikeville, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Holly Springs 2 N, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Menard, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Water Valley, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Decatur, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Glen Lyn, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Edenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1946	Valley Head, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	37 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1946. 1946 had 476 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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Data for records on 1946-01-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	336
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1