Weather Records on 8 January 1958

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1958. Highest significance: Manchester, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1958

On 8 January 1958, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 632 daily.
Manchester set a daily record snowfall of 39.4 cm (15.5 in) on 8 January 1958.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 557 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 8 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 260, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 8 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	260
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 8 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 343.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1958

Top 20 records on 8 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1958	Manchester, US	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1958	Yalta, UA	monthly rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1958	Hatchville, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Hyannis, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	all-time snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Weston, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Jefferson, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Groton, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Houlton, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Novorossijsk, RU	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Middleton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Northbridge, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Southbridge 3 SW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Weston, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.2 cm (9.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Brockton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Winchendon, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1958	Nashua 2 NNW, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	70 years	43 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1958. 1958 had 658 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 1958-01-08: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	524
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1