Weather Records on 8 January 2003

1,362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 2003. Highest significance: Misurata, LY.

Key Facts for 8 January 2003

On 8 January 2003, 1,362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,074 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 1,283 daily.
Misurata set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 8 January 2003.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

1,362 stations

1,362 station records on 8 January 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gayvoron	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bing Bong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.7 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,362 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 674, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 400, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 8 January 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	674
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	400
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 8 January 2003 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 76, daily 1,283.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,081 broken records

Margins by which the 1,081 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 2003

Top 20 records on 8 January 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 2003	Misurata, LY	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Gayvoron, UA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Iowa City, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Bing Bong, AU	daily rain	167.7 mm (6.6 in)	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Fremont, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Pembina, US	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Uman, UA	monthly rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Grundy Ctr, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Ottawa, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Seward, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Tekamah, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Horton, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Manhattan, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Charlevoix, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Ashland #2, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Two Harbors, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Winnebago, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2003	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	43 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2003. 2003 had 1,362 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 2003-01-08: 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 2026-10-14 (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 50	1,064
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1