Weather Records on 16 January 2008

777 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 2008. Highest significance: Blackall Township, AU.

Key Facts for 16 January 2008

On 16 January 2008, 777 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 751 daily.
Blackall Township set a daily record precipitation of 120.0 mm (4.7 in) on 16 January 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

777 stations

777 station records on 16 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Asker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	Syria	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Twr #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher View Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuwait Internationa	Kuwait	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ephraim	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bruslee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salalah	Oman	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Espedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tok	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cardbeign	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weeki Wachee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arar	Saudi Arabia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dashauz	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

777 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 16 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 16 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 20, daily 751.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 2008

Top 20 records on 16 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 2008	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	90 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2008	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 January 2008	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Palmer Job Corps, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Trafalgar Station, AU	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Coreena, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Ft Morgan, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Asker, NO	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Kastamonu, TR	daily low min	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Palmyra, SY	all-time low min	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Szombathely, HU	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Gillespie, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Sivas, TR	daily low min	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	12.6 C (22.7 F)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Lake City, US	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Thompsons 3 WSW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Eastmere, AU	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Greer, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 2008	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	40 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

1795 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2008. 2008 had 777 records.

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

Records on 01-16 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	1
1804	1
1818	1
1820	2
1826	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	3
1847	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	2
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1875	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	4
1886	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	8
1895	5
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	17
1900	1
1901	1
1902	5
1904	6
1905	22
1906	26
1907	17
1908	14
1909	19
1910	21
1911	15
1912	38
1913	52
1914	16
1915	29
1916	28
1917	30
1918	89
1919	50
1920	249
1921	36
1922	29
1923	47
1924	277
1925	237
1926	69
1927	250
1928	327
1929	130
1930	680
1931	160
1932	605
1933	343
1934	99
1935	426
1936	349
1937	186
1938	549
1939	539
1940	284
1941	601
1942	585
1943	628
1944	252
1945	434
1946	430
1947	597
1948	299
1949	933
1950	855
1951	679
1952	614
1953	1,040
1954	882
1955	318
1956	519
1957	795
1958	459
1959	462
1960	349
1961	864
1962	387
1963	996
1964	577
1965	910
1966	464
1967	516
1968	536
1969	630
1970	729
1971	628
1972	1,724
1973	1,134
1974	1,957
1975	717
1976	593
1977	1,430
1978	1,399
1979	1,043
1980	965
1981	815
1982	1,121
1983	759
1984	1,376
1985	846
1986	785
1987	1,465
1988	597
1989	835
1990	1,692
1991	897
1992	1,150
1993	1,351
1994	2,003
1995	1,381
1996	995
1997	1,016
1998	884
1999	816
2000	1,073
2001	753
2002	605
2003	691
2004	1,446
2005	654
2006	746
2007	1,962
2008	777
2009	1,328
2010	739
2011	996
2012	569
2013	990
2014	534
2015	424
2016	453
2017	1,104
2018	1,045
2019	512
2020	1,098
2021	544
2022	576
2023	646
2024	2,401
2025	684
2026	506

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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	613
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1