Weather Records on 25 January 2008

823 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 2008. Highest significance: San Rafael-Civic Ctr, US.

Key Facts for 25 January 2008

On 25 January 2008, 823 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 409 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 803 daily.
San Rafael-Civic Ctr set a daily record precipitation of 107.4 mm (4.2 in) on 25 January 2008.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

823 stations

823 station records on 25 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ephraim	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arrowhead	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyford	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooper Landing 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chalk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anamosa 1 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elfin Cove	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ardtalnaig	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Isabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Omitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

823 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 234, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 25 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	234
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 25 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 2008

Top 20 records on 25 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 2008	San Rafael-Civic Ctr, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	111 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 January 2008	San Francisco Dwtn, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Ephraim, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Independence #1, US	daily low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	122 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Mornington Island, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Ft Morgan, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Galesburg, US	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	San Francisco Intl AP, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Norddal, NO	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Mojave, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Russellville, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Milan, IT	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Kerki, TM	all-time low max	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Pontiac, US	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Lake Arrowhead, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Vida 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Chardzhev, TM	daily low min	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 2008	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily low max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	10 years	37 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 823 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 2008-01-25: 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	594
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1