Weather Records on 8 January 2011

885 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 2011. Highest significance: S Bend AP, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 2011

On 8 January 2011, 885 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
442 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 858 daily.
S Bend AP set an all-time record daily snowfall of 66.0 cm (26.0 in) on 8 January 2011.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

885 stations

885 station records on 8 January 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Woolooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.2 mm (8.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marodian Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westby	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Herman	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schneifelforsthaus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norristown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg-Burgweinting	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.2 C (-31.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.1 C (-29.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schotten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Raleigh Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aleppo	Syria	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marrawah	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow/Amausi	India	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

885 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 8 January 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 8 January 2011 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 18, daily 858.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

721 broken records

Margins by which the 721 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 2011

Top 20 records on 8 January 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 2011	S Bend AP, US	all-time snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	101 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 January 2011	Combolcha, ET	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2011	Woolooga, AU	all-time rain	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	18 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2011	Bauple, AU	monthly rain	225.2 mm (8.9 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	112 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2011	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2011	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2011	Goomeri Post Office, AU	daily rain	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Marodian Homestead, AU	all-time rain	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Rock Springs, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Luling, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Weston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Theebine, AU	monthly rain	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Charlevoix, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Wise 1SE, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Opheim 10 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	S Bend AP, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Glasgow, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Salinillas, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2011	Gympie, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	45 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

1806 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2011. 2011 had 885 records.

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

Records on 01-08 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	2
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	5
1880	1
1882	2
1884	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	3
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	10
1906	9
1907	24
1908	25
1909	12
1910	9
1911	13
1912	49
1913	35
1914	39
1915	51
1916	33
1917	23
1918	83
1919	91
1920	68
1921	43
1922	243
1923	165
1924	112
1925	70
1926	245
1927	107
1928	291
1929	183
1930	810
1931	104
1932	173
1933	243
1934	450
1935	824
1936	714
1937	1,703
1938	207
1939	619
1940	560
1941	414
1942	1,643
1943	371
1944	228
1945	520
1946	476
1947	238
1948	566
1949	463
1950	290
1951	387
1952	341
1953	669
1954	362
1955	167
1956	402
1957	616
1958	658
1959	295
1960	422
1961	236
1962	780
1963	692
1964	437
1965	1,185
1966	443
1967	463
1968	1,675
1969	651
1970	1,713
1971	730
1972	516
1973	1,496
1974	1,171
1975	957
1976	1,215
1977	537
1978	805
1979	1,640
1980	569
1981	589
1982	1,320
1983	598
1984	604
1985	1,545
1986	654
1987	820
1988	1,644
1989	1,900
1990	1,161
1991	872
1992	1,640
1993	1,525
1994	1,224
1995	783
1996	2,009
1997	1,203
1998	2,895
1999	1,107
2000	605
2001	954
2002	1,628
2003	1,362
2004	684
2005	1,764
2006	1,204
2007	1,003
2008	2,350
2009	761
2010	2,002
2011	885
2012	591
2013	398
2014	1,398
2015	1,311
2016	748
2017	1,045
2018	620
2019	522
2020	565
2021	590
2022	698
2023	426
2024	1,170
2025	597
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 2011-01-08: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	663
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1