Weather Records on 8 October 1913

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1913. Highest significance: Kalmar_D, SE.

Key Facts for 8 October 1913

On 8 October 1913, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 65 daily.
Kalmar_D set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 8 October 1913.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 8 October 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 31.

Records on 8 October 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1913 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 65.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

56 broken records

Margins by which the 56 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1913

Top 20 records on 8 October 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1913	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1913	Vestervig, DK	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1913	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1913	Vinga, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1913	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1913	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1913	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1913	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	88 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1913	Lund, SE	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1913. 1913 had 66 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	34
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	1