Weather Records on 8 January 1947

238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1947. Highest significance: Drouin Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 8 January 1947

On 8 January 1947, 238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 231 daily.
Drouin Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 8 January 1947.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 560 records.

Record Map

238 stations

238 station records on 8 January 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lavers Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

238 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 January 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 January 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 231.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1947

Top 20 records on 8 January 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1947	Drouin Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1947	Drouin West, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1947	Warragul, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1947	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1947	Longwarry, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1947	Dullstroom (Sar), ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1947	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1947	Wien, AT	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Graz, AT	daily low max	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Korumburra, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Lardner (Brandie Braes), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Labertouche, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1947	Husum, DE	daily low min	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	55 years	28 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1947. 1947 had 238 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 20	176
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1