Weather Records on 8 January 1957

616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1957. Highest significance: Skjak, NO.

Key Facts for 8 January 1957

On 8 January 1957, 616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 587 daily.
Skjak set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 8 January 1957.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 557 records.

Record Map

616 stations

616 station records on 8 January 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Didwana	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Madhepur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Khajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Banderlierkop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
G. Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Turigaria (Kaira)	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tonto Springs Rs 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coolum Beach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sagrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremoabo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

616 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 January 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 January 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 587.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 431.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1957

Top 20 records on 8 January 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1957	Skjak, NO	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1957	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1957	Colagaon, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1957	Kota-In-Rajasthan, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1957	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1957	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1957	Ambah, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1957	Didwana, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1957	Amelup, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Madhepur, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Crested Butte, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Gangarampur, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Khajauli, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Zamana, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Gaddede, SE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Sultanganj, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1957	Banderlierkop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	51 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1957. 1957 had 616 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	529
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1