Weather Records on 8 October 1921

90 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1921. Highest significance: Ottawa Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 8 October 1921

On 8 October 1921, 90 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 85 daily.
Ottawa Cda set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 8 October 1921.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

90 stations

90 station records on 8 October 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Llangollen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cultowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fernleigh (St.Helena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Gresford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

90 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 34.

Records on 8 October 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 85.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

81 broken records

Margins by which the 81 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 20.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1921

Top 20 records on 8 October 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1921	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Llangollen, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	24.1 C (75.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Oxford, GB	daily high max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Edmonton, CA	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Fort National, DZ	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Stratford, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Weissenburg, DE	monthly high min	14.9 C (58.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Freiburg, DE	monthly high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Durham, GB	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Enngonia (Morton Plains), AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Cultowa, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Watford, CA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Gunnee, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1921	Kazalinsk, KZ	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	34 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1921. 1921 had 90 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	65
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1