Weather Records on 8 January 2019

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 2019. Highest significance: Xingren, CN.

Key Facts for 8 January 2019

On 8 January 2019, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 514 daily.
Xingren set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 8 January 2019.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 558 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 8 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cardowan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kettleman City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill (Waratah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lancang	China	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saldenburg-Entschenreuth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 207, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	207
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 2019

Top 20 records on 8 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 2019	Xingren, CN	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2019	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2019	Detour Village, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2019	Mae Sariang, TH	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Mengzi, CN	monthly rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Saentis, CH	daily rain	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Cardowan, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Mae Sot, TH	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Brocken, DE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Lancang, CN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Nebo, AU	daily rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Zinnwald-Georgenfeld, DE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Potosi 4 SW, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	117 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Chiang Rai, TH	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Casey, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Streator 2SE, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Peak Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2019	Manistique Wwtp, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	41 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2019. 2019 had 522 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 2026-10-17 (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 25	374
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2