Weather Records on 31 January 2008

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 2008. Highest significance: Macomb, US.

Key Facts for 31 January 2008

On 31 January 2008, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 671 daily.
Macomb set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 31 January 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 31 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phrae	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Tenango II	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleyong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Picabo	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shache	China	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Numeralla (Glocca Morra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brothers	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mogen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Moorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tanquian de Escobedo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berryville 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 31 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 31 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 27, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 2008

Top 20 records on 31 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 2008	Macomb, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 January 2008	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Virginia City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	St. Brandon (St. Ra, MU	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Phrae, TH	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	El Dorado, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Union Grove Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	San Jose Tenango II, MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Hoopeston, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Harrison, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Charleyong, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	McCall, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Tejon Rancho, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 2008	Picabo, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	42 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

1800 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2008. 2008 had 704 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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	470
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2