Weather Records on 6 January 2008

1,422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2008. Highest significance: Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 2008

On 6 January 2008, 1,422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,070 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,394 daily.
Ulmarra (Newsagency) set a daily record precipitation of 73.4 mm (2.9 in) on 6 January 2008.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,422 stations

1,422 station records on 6 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballandean Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richardson Gr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton Olympic Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Dimas Fire Fc 95	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olivares Mexicanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,422 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 435, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 635, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 6 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	435
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	635
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 6 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 1,394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,123 broken records

Margins by which the 1,123 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2008

Top 20 records on 6 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2008	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	96 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2008	Ft Morgan, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	106 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Mesa Verde Np, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Meeker, US	monthly snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Vallecito Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Meeker, US	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Motozintla (Smn), MX	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L, AU	daily rain	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	La Crescenta Fc251 C, US	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Meeker, US	all-time snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Montague 4 NW, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Ballandean Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Lamar 7N, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Windsor, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Richardson Gr Sp, US	daily rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Portales, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Koosharem, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2008	Grace, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	96 years	44 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

1803 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2008. 2008 had 1,422 records.

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

Records on 01-06 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1830	1
1839	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	2
1864	3
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	2
1884	4
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	6
1897	2
1898	5
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	15
1904	4
1905	19
1906	19
1907	16
1908	20
1909	55
1910	15
1911	46
1912	116
1913	32
1914	18
1915	40
1916	97
1917	46
1918	50
1919	44
1920	35
1921	52
1922	128
1923	111
1924	452
1925	44
1926	189
1927	270
1928	215
1929	220
1930	319
1931	142
1932	526
1933	352
1934	379
1935	560
1936	392
1937	357
1938	153
1939	321
1940	746
1941	269
1942	479
1943	291
1944	249
1945	837
1946	1,409
1947	351
1948	493
1949	470
1950	942
1951	207
1952	195
1953	769
1954	505
1955	327
1956	464
1957	273
1958	325
1959	710
1960	434
1961	354
1962	768
1963	382
1964	214
1965	796
1966	577
1967	516
1968	893
1969	840
1970	797
1971	1,160
1972	533
1973	633
1974	756
1975	587
1976	590
1977	625
1978	691
1979	1,782
1980	887
1981	794
1982	1,241
1983	1,356
1984	813
1985	1,096
1986	776
1987	875
1988	2,337
1989	1,768
1990	628
1991	1,386
1992	940
1993	1,019
1994	1,347
1995	1,243
1996	1,172
1997	1,185
1998	2,131
1999	1,894
2000	614
2001	1,113
2002	842
2003	932
2004	1,226
2005	1,730
2006	978
2007	1,882
2008	1,422
2009	890
2010	1,543
2011	994
2012	1,235
2013	350
2014	1,503
2015	725
2016	518
2017	1,316
2018	1,231
2019	506
2020	514
2021	385
2022	1,071
2023	555
2024	481
2025	1,153
2026	655

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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 2026-10-17 (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 50	1,081
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2