Weather Records on 8 January 1982

1,320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1982. Highest significance: Basel Binningen, CH.

Key Facts for 8 January 1982

On 8 January 1982, 1,320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 685 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,273 daily.
Basel Binningen set a daily record precipitation of 32.6 mm (1.3 in) on 8 January 1982.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

1,320 stations

1,320 station records on 8 January 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.5 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Donaueschingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wiarton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.4 cm (12.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Itaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove Dam	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.6 cm (12.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.6 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Barreirinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.2 cm (13.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Calvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grande Prairie A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.4 cm (7.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langara	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Americana (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rancharia (Mc Fadden)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,320 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 387, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 298, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 121.

Records on 8 January 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	387
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	298
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	121

Records on 8 January 1982 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 36, daily 1,273.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,173 broken records

Margins by which the 1,173 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1982

Top 20 records on 8 January 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1982	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1982	Baldonnel, CA	monthly rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Beaverlodge Cda, CA	daily snowfall	25.5 cm (10.0 in)	12.8 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Entrance, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Entrance, CA	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Teberda, RU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Donaueschingen, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Bennetts Brg, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Castle Dale, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Patos, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Wiarton A, CA	daily snowfall	32.4 cm (12.8 in)	21.2 cm (8.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Azueta, MX	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Laporte, US	daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Oderen, FR	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Mullheim, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Nicosia, CY	monthly high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Basel-Mulhouse, FR	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1982	Rosenheim, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	46 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1982. 1982 had 1,320 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,130
100 to 200	29
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1