Weather Records on 15 January 2008

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2008. Highest significance: Ft Morgan, US.

Key Facts for 15 January 2008

On 15 January 2008, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 615 daily.
Ft Morgan set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 15 January 2008.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 15 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.8 mm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bennington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hayman Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgton 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Echeverria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
High Mowthorpe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen Miller Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rygge	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Floter	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toolara Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.4 mm (8.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuwait Internationa	Kuwait	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-42.6 C (-44.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
General Bravo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nelaug	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Rockport 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoidalen I Solum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamishli	Syria	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cote D Azur	France	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuan Creek Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dovland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meadowbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Hasan	Jordan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deir Zzor	Syria	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 15 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 15 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 242.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2008

Top 20 records on 15 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2008	Ft Morgan, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	106 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2008	Sarpsborg, NO	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Roma Peak, AU	daily rain	182.8 mm (7.2 in)	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Tetonia Exp STN, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Sivas, TR	daily low min	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	16.7 C (30.1 F)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Woodland, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Bennington, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	107 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Gatton Vale, AU	daily rain	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Rennes-St Jacques, FR	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Gardiner, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Hayman Island Resort, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Bridgton 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Halden, NO	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Echeverria, MX	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	High Mowthorpe, GB	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	McAllen Miller Intl AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Rygge, NO	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Ixcamilpa (Cfe), MX	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2008	Heden, SE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	43 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

1795 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2008. 2008 had 629 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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	492
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3