Weather Records on 1 January 2008

663 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2008. Highest significance: Goshen 3SW, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 2008

On 1 January 2008, 663 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
239 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 620 daily.
Goshen 3SW set a daily record snowfall of 33.8 cm (13.3 in) on 1 January 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

663 stations

663 station records on 1 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Joloapan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Martinez de la Torre (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Jacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lauchapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Choapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zapote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Acateno (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tecuantepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Tenango II	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Soledad (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Niles	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Usila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angel R. Cabada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sontecomapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chapuluacanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jopala (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceboro No 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flint 7W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Temamatla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa 511	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zalayeta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Chilchotla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Aleman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

663 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 1 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 1 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 39, daily 620.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 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

1 January 2008

Top 20 records on 1 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2008	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2008	Altotonga, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2008	San Juan Tepeuxila, MX	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2008	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	114 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2008	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2008	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2008	Tlanchinol (Smn), MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2008	Joloapan (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2008	Martinez de la Torre (Dge), MX	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Azueta, MX	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Santa Maria Jacatepec, MX	monthly rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Lauchapan, MX	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Santiago Choapan, MX	monthly rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	San Lucas Arroyo Paloma, MX	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Zapote, MX	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Misantla, MX	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Canton, MX	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	Flint Fcwos, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2008	San Juan Acateno (Cfe), MX	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 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

1798 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2008. 2008 had 663 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 2026-10-16 (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 50	469
50 to 100	37
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1