Weather Records on 8 January 2012

591 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 2012. Highest significance: Caltowie, AU.

Key Facts for 8 January 2012

On 8 January 2012, 591 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 580 daily.
Caltowie set a daily record precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 8 January 2012.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 558 records.

Record Map

591 stations

591 station records on 8 January 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Thomas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hiltaba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tahiti-Faaa	French Polynesia	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown (South Para Reser	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pastoria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ossora	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waddikee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kersbrook (Mabenjo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falls Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch Pumping Plt #3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record snow depth	205.7 cm (81.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upington Agr.	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	44.5 C (112.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Dare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Ulooloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gobernador Castello	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cundancito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

591 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 January 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 January 2012 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 2012

Top 20 records on 8 January 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 2012	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2012	Appila, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2012	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2012	Mount Wudinna, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2012	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2012	Mount Bryan, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2012	Thomas River, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2012	Hiltaba, AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2012	Adelaide (Brighton), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Kimba (Cortlinye), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Meadows, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Yaninee, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Tonsina, US	daily snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Lyrup, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2012	Sotchi, RU	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	96 years	44 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2012. 2012 had 591 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 2012-01-08: 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 100	490
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1