Weather Records on 4 January 2008

845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2008. Highest significance: Winthrop 1 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 2008

On 4 January 2008, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
282 were record highs and 346 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 810 daily.
Winthrop 1 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 4 January 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

845 stations

845 station records on 4 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Reno AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Green Pigeon (Morning View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.2 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Callahan	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Loadstone (High View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lillian Rock (Williams Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Smith 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nhulunbuy Dtw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah (Taleswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebank (Repentance Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bastia	France	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fiddletown Dexter Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corndale (Willow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meerschaum Vale (Jenbetdaph)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Yeche	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

845 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 131, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 215, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 4 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	131
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	215
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 4 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 29, daily 810.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2008

Top 20 records on 4 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2008	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2008	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2008	Reno AP, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2008	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Green Pigeon (Morning View), AU	daily rain	175.2 mm (6.9 in)	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Big Creek Ph 1, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Callahan, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Loadstone (High View), AU	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Doyle 4 SSE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Lillian Rock (Williams Road), AU	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Smith 6 N, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Nhulunbuy Dtw, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Bishop AP, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Monterey, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Hollister 2, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	San Francisco Oceanside, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Ola, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 2008	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	45 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

1795 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2008. 2008 had 845 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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Data for records on 2008-01-04: 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 100	617
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1