Weather Records on 27 January 2008

734 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2008. Highest significance: Virginia City, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 2008

On 27 January 2008, 734 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 706 daily.
Virginia City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 27 January 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

734 stations

734 station records on 27 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Howe	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Borrego Desert Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tivjaku	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tengchong	China	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jess Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Desert Resorts Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meacham	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deep Canyon Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curtin Near	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Copco #1 Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro de la Presa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laveen 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carbo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjoeremsgrende	Norway	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

734 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 27 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 27 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 21, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

598 broken records

Margins by which the 598 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2008

Top 20 records on 27 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2008	Virginia City, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	118 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 January 2008	Represa, US	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2008	Bethel AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2008	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2008	Balasore, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2008	Howe, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2008	Borrego Desert Park, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2008	Tivjaku, RU	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2008	Tengchong, CN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Tres Zapotes, MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Rosalia, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Lebec, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Zinnwald-Georgenfeld, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Harrington, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Bethel AP, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Heron 2 NW, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Jess Valley, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2008	Heron 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	82 years	46 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

1796 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2008. 2008 had 734 records.

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

Records on 01-27 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	2
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1894	9
1895	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	3
1901	16
1902	9
1903	10
1904	23
1905	9
1906	6
1907	29
1908	34
1909	4
1910	25
1911	52
1912	28
1913	19
1914	52
1915	35
1916	125
1917	40
1918	87
1919	26
1920	55
1921	21
1922	38
1923	138
1924	273
1925	117
1926	55
1927	191
1928	200
1929	166
1930	148
1931	328
1932	202
1933	302
1934	765
1935	270
1936	826
1937	243
1938	305
1939	312
1940	896
1941	405
1942	579
1943	355
1944	1,751
1945	242
1946	165
1947	532
1948	809
1949	1,245
1950	915
1951	355
1952	689
1953	376
1954	804
1955	397
1956	653
1957	948
1958	336
1959	466
1960	214
1961	899
1962	754
1963	1,226
1964	144
1965	317
1966	605
1967	811
1968	785
1969	985
1970	776
1971	947
1972	955
1973	702
1974	1,261
1975	547
1976	1,090
1977	592
1978	783
1979	1,652
1980	532
1981	776
1982	939
1983	1,849
1984	753
1985	839
1986	1,052
1987	1,214
1988	799
1989	971
1990	625
1991	696
1992	1,054
1993	1,197
1994	2,051
1995	1,017
1996	1,395
1997	867
1998	697
1999	1,123
2000	1,354
2001	937
2002	1,710
2003	1,593
2004	827
2005	1,018
2006	1,018
2007	846
2008	734
2009	965
2010	905
2011	719
2012	658
2013	907
2014	434
2015	1,155
2016	1,008
2017	576
2018	546
2019	679
2020	465
2021	786
2022	420
2023	425
2024	1,082
2025	619
2026	1,139

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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	564
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2