Weather Records on 14 January 2008

457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 2008. Highest significance: Giru Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 14 January 2008

On 14 January 2008, 457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 447 daily.
Giru Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 288.8 mm (11.4 in) on 14 January 2008.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

457 stations

457 station records on 14 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	288.8 mm (11.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mendez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hayman Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.4 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	284.8 mm (11.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oonoonba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.8 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sombreretillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danmarkshavn	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corfu	Greece	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harlem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tamdy	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kununurra Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Slapton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tamdy	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.0 mm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Termez	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ma'an	Jordan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cienega de Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulety	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.3 C (-40.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenson 5WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wollombi (Narone Creek Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Omitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenland	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Argyle Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

457 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 14 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 14 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 2008

Top 20 records on 14 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 2008	Giru Post Office, AU	daily rain	288.8 mm (11.4 in)	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2008	Mendez, MX	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Hayman Island Resort, AU	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Victoria, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd, AU	daily rain	163.4 mm (6.4 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Wilson Beach, AU	daily rain	284.8 mm (11.2 in)	210.4 mm (8.3 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Wando Vale Station, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Ixcamilpa (Cfe), MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Nice, FR	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Oonoonba, AU	daily rain	139.8 mm (5.5 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Sombreretillo, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Danmarkshavn, GL	all-time low min	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Real del Monte, MX	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2008	Sanford 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	44 years	36 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 457 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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Data for records on 2008-01-14: 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 50	348
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1