Weather Records on 23 January 2008

802 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 2008. Highest significance: Santa Barbara, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 2008

On 23 January 2008, 802 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 330 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 773 daily.
Santa Barbara set a daily record precipitation of 101.9 mm (4.0 in) on 23 January 2008.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

802 stations

802 station records on 23 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Public AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Bay Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Samara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rapa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minqin	China	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gore	Ethiopia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunhuang	China	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bayan Mod	China	Record low minimum temperature	-32.9 C (-27.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dakar/Yoff	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lemoore Reeves NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jalacingo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bates Creek #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minqin	China	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bruneau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leadore #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acatlan de Osorio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

802 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 203, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 23 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	203
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 23 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 21, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

644 broken records

Margins by which the 644 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 2008

Top 20 records on 23 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 2008	Santa Barbara, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Akron, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Armour, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Boysen Dam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Santa Maria Public AP, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Morro Bay Fire Dept, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Anaconda, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Samara, RU	monthly rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Rapa, PF	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Kazan, RU	monthly rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Alexandria, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Wessington Springs, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Buffalo, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Madera, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	McDermitt, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Minqin, CN	all-time low min	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Bajramaly, TM	daily low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Kerki, TM	all-time low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2008	Virginia City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	40 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 802 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	618
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2