Weather Records on 8 January 1985

1,545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1985. Highest significance: Prilep, MK.

Key Facts for 8 January 1985

On 8 January 1985, 1,545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 896 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 48 were all-time records, 123 monthly and 1,374 daily.
Prilep set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 8 January 1985.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

1,545 stations

1,545 station records on 8 January 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prilep	Macedonia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Gaviao Peixoto (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.5 C (-46.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinhalzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,545 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 408, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 488, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 127, Deepest snow cover 104.

Records on 8 January 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	408
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	488
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	127
Deepest snow cover	104

Records on 8 January 1985 by timescale: all-time 48, monthly 123, daily 1,374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,385 broken records

Margins by which the 1,385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1985

Top 20 records on 8 January 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1985	Prilep, MK	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1985	Welbekend, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Ogallala, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Utica, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Lowestoft, GB	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Wien, AT	daily low min	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily low min	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	93 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Kandalaksa, RU	all-time low max	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Ness City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Haden Post Office, AU	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Putbus, DE	monthly snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Nurnberg, DE	daily low min	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	all-time low max	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	monthly low max	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Greer, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Bamberg, DE	daily low max	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1985	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low min	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	89 years	45 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1985. 1985 had 1,545 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 50	1,303
50 to 100	61
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1