Weather Records on 10 January 2008

739 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 2008. Highest significance: Elkhorn, US.

Key Facts for 10 January 2008

On 10 January 2008, 739 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
441 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 722 daily.
Elkhorn set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 10 January 2008.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

739 stations

739 station records on 10 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
T Uleniy-Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Termez	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canby 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sirte	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Derbent	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa Wtr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Derbent	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brothers	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turaif	Saudi Arabia	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

739 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 292, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 10 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	292
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 10 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

597 broken records

Margins by which the 597 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

10 January 2008

Top 20 records on 10 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 2008	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 January 2008	Homer 8 NW, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Chardzhev, TM	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Philippi, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	T Uleniy-Ostrov, RU	daily low max	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Cerro, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Cornwall, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Bristol AP, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Amherst, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Auburn, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Gouverneur 3 NW, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Termez, UZ	daily low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Kerki, TM	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2008	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	38 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

1799 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2008. 2008 had 739 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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	573
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2