Weather Records on 20 January 2008

1,366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 2008. Highest significance: Avenel (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 20 January 2008

On 20 January 2008, 1,366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
531 were record highs and 312 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,293 daily.
Avenel (Post Office) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.8 mm (3.3 in) on 20 January 2008.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

1,366 stations

1,366 station records on 20 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mangalore Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stanhope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shoup	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Konigsmoor	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Buch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tegel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Terip Terip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shoup	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narbethong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Possum Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheshunt Eurangie Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tabilk (Tahbilk Winery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zehdenick	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wanalta Daen Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
High Camp (Lannermoor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,366 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 356, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 408, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 20 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	356
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	408
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 20 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 66, daily 1,293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,170 broken records

Margins by which the 1,170 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 2008

Top 20 records on 20 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 2008	Avenel (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2008	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2008	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2008	Glenburn, AU	monthly rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2008	Mangalore Airport, AU	monthly rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2008	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 January 2008	Stanhope, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Gunbower Gee Tee Stud, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Rushworth, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Sivas, TR	daily low min	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	12.0 C (21.6 F)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Iliamna AP, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Tongala, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Shoup, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Hobson, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Konigsmoor, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Berlin-Buch, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Longwood, AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Berlin-Tegel, DE	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 2008	Nagambie (Goulburn Weir), AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	50 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 1,366 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,599
2026	193

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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	1,132
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2