Weather Records on 8 January 2008

2,350 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 2008. Highest significance: Laporte, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 2008

On 8 January 2008, 2,350 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,729 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 187 monthly and 2,157 daily.
Laporte set a daily record precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 8 January 2008.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 8 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kankakee Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kentland	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fairbury Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rensselaer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Piper City	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,350 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 937, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 792, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 415, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 8 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	937
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	792
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	415
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 8 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 187, daily 2,157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,920 broken records

Margins by which the 1,920 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 2008

Top 20 records on 8 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 2008	Laporte, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 January 2008	Watseka Public Works, US	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Gravette, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Goshen 3SW, US	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Pontiac, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Griggsville, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Rochester, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Grayling, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Three Rivers, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Palmyra, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Peotone, US	monthly rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Lincoln, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Spencer, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Hannibal Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Park Forest Water, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2008	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)

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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2008. 2008 had 2,350 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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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	1,874
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1