Weather Records on 8 January 1997

1,203 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1997. Highest significance: Wallareenya, AU.

Key Facts for 8 January 1997

On 8 January 1997, 1,203 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 410 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,136 daily.
Wallareenya set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 8 January 1997.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

1,203 stations

1,203 station records on 8 January 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cameron	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cossack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.8 mm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Itauna-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White Oak 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marillana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ozone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Matador	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,203 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 230, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 180, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 120, Deepest snow cover 192.

Records on 8 January 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	230
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	180
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	120
Deepest snow cover	192

Records on 8 January 1997 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 47, daily 1,136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

975 broken records

Margins by which the 975 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1997

Top 20 records on 8 January 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1997	Wallareenya, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Indee, AU	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	159.7 mm (6.3 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Millrose, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Marmarth, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Cameron, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Cossack, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	114 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Mulga Downs, AU	all-time rain	166.8 mm (6.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Itauna-Montante, BR	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1997	Mc Lean, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	90 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Hartley 4 ESE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Verhojansk, RU	daily high max	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Hughenden, ZA	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Wellington, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Ethel Creek, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Healdton 3 E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Sparta, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	White Oak 2 N, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1997	Marillana, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	50 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1997. 1997 had 1,203 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 1997-01-08: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	921
100 to 200	36
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	1