Weather Records on 8 January 1995

783 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1995. Highest significance: Healdsburg, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1995

On 8 January 1995, 783 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 762 daily.
Healdsburg set a daily record precipitation of 154.9 mm (6.1 in) on 8 January 1995.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

783 stations

783 station records on 8 January 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Praia Grande (Parana)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angwin Pacific Union College	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sigonella	Italy	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clearlake 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itaoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	137.5 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richardson Gr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Sao Jose	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jewell	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Branca (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malcolm	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

783 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 8 January 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 8 January 1995 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1995

Top 20 records on 8 January 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1995	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	85 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1995	East Park Rsvr, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1995	Chester, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1995	Calistoga, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Praia Grande (Parana), BR	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Bedford, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Ukiah, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Angwin Pacific Union College, US	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Mt Shasta, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Biskra, DZ	daily low min	0.9 C (33.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Bidyadanga, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Sigonella, IT	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Redford, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily high min	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Willits 1 NE, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1995	Ribeira, BR	daily rain	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	42 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1995. 1995 had 783 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 1995-01-08: 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 20	558
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1