Weather Records on 8 January 1972

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1972. Highest significance: Pilger, CA.

Key Facts for 8 January 1972

On 8 January 1972, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 507 daily.
Pilger set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 8 January 1972.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 558 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 8 January 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	352.6 mm (13.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	356.1 mm (14.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	546.4 mm (21.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	395.0 mm (15.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Murnpeowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Olifantshoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gadgarra Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chetwynd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	289.1 mm (11.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nulkwyne Kiamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pocket	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	385.8 mm (15.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyungarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	416.8 mm (16.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalabasput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Copley (Myrtle Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	293.4 mm (11.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whyenbah	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Netherdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Catole Do Rocha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dedeben (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbulah Brickley St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 8 January 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 8 January 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1972

Top 20 records on 8 January 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1972	Pilger, CA	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1972	Pilger, CA	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	59 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1972	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	352.6 mm (13.9 in)	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1972	Kenhardt (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1972	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	356.1 mm (14.0 in)	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1972	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1972	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1972	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Babinda Post Office, AU	monthly rain	546.4 mm (21.5 in)	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	395.0 mm (15.6 in)	286.8 mm (11.3 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Marree (Murnpeowie), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Olifantshoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Gadgarra Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Chetwynd, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Peeramon, AU	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Einasleigh Township, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Clohesy River, AU	daily rain	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Netley, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	49 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1972. 1972 had 516 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	448
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1