Weather Records on 8 January 1951

387 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1951. Highest significance: Parkers Landing, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1951

On 8 January 1951, 387 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 384 daily.
Parkers Landing set a monthly record daily precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 8 January 1951.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 559 records.

Record Map

387 stations

387 station records on 8 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Everton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	330.5 mm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swanfels Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Highcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pikedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kunwarara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

387 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 8 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 8 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1951

Top 20 records on 8 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1951	Parkers Landing, US	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1951	Warren, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Rosevale, AU	daily rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Everton, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	The Valley, AU	daily rain	330.5 mm (13.0 in)	274.1 mm (10.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Tarome, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Tannymorel, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Myrtleford Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Blakefield, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Myra, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Melva, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1951	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	33 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1951. 1951 had 387 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 1951-01-08: 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 50	325
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1