Weather Records on 8 January 2017

1,045 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 2017. Highest significance: Long Branch-Oakhurst, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 2017

On 8 January 2017, 1,045 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,005 daily.
Long Branch-Oakhurst set a daily record snowfall of 21.1 cm (8.3 in) on 8 January 2017.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 555 records.

Record Map

1,045 stations

1,045 station records on 8 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Driggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Buncom 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Diablo Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gerlach	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Denio	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility	United States	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dams	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dill's Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria di Leuc	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Independence Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ward Creek #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Rvr Vly - Orovada 26NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rubicon #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Valley 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caransebes	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lure 2	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tekirdag	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boise Air Terminal	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,045 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 145.

Records on 8 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	145

Records on 8 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 22, daily 1,005.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

874 broken records

Margins by which the 874 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 2017

Top 20 records on 8 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 2017	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	105 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Driggs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Nevada City, US	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	108 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Buncom 1 NNE, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Mt Diablo Junction, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Hachijojima, JP	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Phuket, TH	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	San Andres (Isla)/S, CO	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2017	Grace, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Emmett 2 E, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	105 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Wisdom, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Gerlach, US	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Red Pine Ridge, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Denio, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility, US	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	17.4 cm (6.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Grizzly, US	all-time snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Beaver Dams, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2017	Dill's Camp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	51 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2017. 2017 had 1,045 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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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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	840
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1