Weather Records on 11 January 2008

1,019 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 2008. Highest significance: Brinard Station, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 2008

On 11 January 2008, 1,019 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
480 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 984 daily.
Brinard Station set an all-time record daily precipitation of 311.6 mm (12.3 in) on 11 January 2008.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,019 stations

1,019 station records on 11 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brinard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	311.6 mm (12.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Ignace Mackinac Br	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sand Mt Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	49.2 C (120.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
T Uleniy-Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Lexington 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Numil Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arequipa	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hanscom Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurelville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ganzhou	China	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanping	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shanwei	China	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,019 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 218, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 322, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 11 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	218
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	322
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 11 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 26, daily 984.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

861 broken records

Margins by which the 861 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

11 January 2008

Top 20 records on 11 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 2008	Brinard Station, AU	all-time rain	311.6 mm (12.3 in)	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	42 years	78 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2008	Marlinton, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2008	Mahackala, RU	daily low max	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	11.5 C (20.7 F)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Ft Morgan, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	102 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Lake City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	St Ignace Mackinac Br, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Sand Mt Substn, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Kinnoul, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Highland Home, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Haverhill, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Vernon, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Lerida, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Malvern, GB	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Valley Head, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2008	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	100 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

1794 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 1,019 records.

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

Records on 01-11 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1840	1
1851	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1873	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	1
1896	8
1897	14
1898	5
1899	3
1900	8
1901	6
1902	6
1903	15
1904	3
1905	10
1906	4
1907	9
1908	7
1909	28
1910	50
1911	48
1912	47
1913	32
1914	41
1915	26
1916	79
1917	107
1918	208
1919	17
1920	101
1921	65
1922	131
1923	106
1924	367
1925	116
1926	102
1927	278
1928	589
1929	112
1930	186
1931	115
1932	180
1933	239
1934	192
1935	163
1936	475
1937	325
1938	192
1939	370
1940	419
1941	348
1942	687
1943	206
1944	109
1945	624
1946	325
1947	259
1948	342
1949	970
1950	420
1951	325
1952	214
1953	797
1954	526
1955	214
1956	594
1957	506
1958	344
1959	439
1960	548
1961	414
1962	2,062
1963	1,600
1964	248
1965	431
1966	246
1967	412
1968	1,103
1969	511
1970	539
1971	871
1972	1,400
1973	675
1974	1,878
1975	2,114
1976	685
1977	1,319
1978	654
1979	1,379
1980	1,319
1981	959
1982	2,363
1983	1,486
1984	828
1985	699
1986	873
1987	1,598
1988	1,065
1989	836
1990	1,459
1991	1,469
1992	718
1993	1,883
1994	667
1995	1,297
1996	1,366
1997	1,558
1998	1,165
1999	923
2000	1,122
2001	778
2002	970
2003	752
2004	848
2005	1,539
2006	1,096
2007	994
2008	1,019
2009	682
2010	1,093
2011	1,709
2012	881
2013	1,468
2014	684
2015	533
2016	555
2017	1,124
2018	1,027
2019	345
2020	1,617
2021	702
2022	295
2023	676
2024	614
2025	806
2026	499

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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	832
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1