Weather Records on 8 January 1988

1,644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1988. Highest significance: Gaffney 6 E, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1988

On 8 January 1988, 1,644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 452 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 74 were all-time records, 113 monthly and 1,457 daily.
Gaffney 6 E set a monthly record daily snowfall of 31.5 cm (12.4 in) on 8 January 1988.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

1,644 stations

1,644 station records on 8 January 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Malvern	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brinkley	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Walhalla	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laverne	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville Lvstk	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville 3E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Ano Bom Do Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	243.7 mm (9.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverdale 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lakehurst AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shirley	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turnersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spiro	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,644 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 279, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 311, Deepest snow cover 485.

Records on 8 January 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	279
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	311
Deepest snow cover	485

Records on 8 January 1988 by timescale: all-time 74, monthly 113, daily 1,457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,324 broken records

Margins by which the 1,324 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1988

Top 20 records on 8 January 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1988	Gaffney 6 E, US	monthly snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	88 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 January 1988	Malvern, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1988	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1988	Brinkley, US	all-time snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1988	Walhalla, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1988	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1988	Woodstock, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1988	Oden 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Denton 2 E, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Cedartown, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	90 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Little Rock AP Adams Fld, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Tryon, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Putnam, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Elizabethtown, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Smithfield, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Walters, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Marianna 2 S, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1988	Laverne, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	53 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1988. 1988 had 1,644 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	902
50 to 100	213
100 to 150	135
150 to 200	57
200 to 250	14
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2