Weather Records on 8 January 1948

566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1948. Highest significance: Blue Hill Coop, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1948

On 8 January 1948, 566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
454 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 553 daily.
Blue Hill Coop set a daily record snow depth of 76.2 cm (30.0 in) on 8 January 1948.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 558 records.

Record Map

566 stations

566 station records on 8 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Algonquin Park	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

566 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 246, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 8 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	246
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 8 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 553.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1948

Top 20 records on 8 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1948	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1948	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1948	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1948	World Trade Ctr, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Campbellford, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Placerville, US	monthly high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	54 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Astrakan, RU	monthly high min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Bloemfontein Kings Park, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Hvar, HR	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Atyrau, KZ	monthly high min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Oracle, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Uil, KZ	monthly high min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Algonquin Park, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Golconda, US	monthly high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Astrakan, RU	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1948	Yuma Wb City, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	26 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1948. 1948 had 566 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	432
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1