Weather Records on 8 October 1923

127 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1923. Highest significance: Bonang (Goomgerah), AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1923

On 8 October 1923, 127 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 126 daily.
Bonang (Goomgerah) set a daily record precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 8 October 1923.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

127 stations

127 station records on 8 October 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

127 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 64.

Records on 8 October 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 126.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

103 broken records

Margins by which the 103 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1923

Top 20 records on 8 October 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1923	Bonang (Goomgerah), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1923	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1923	Noorinbee, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1923	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1923	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Gudgenby, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Stratford, CA	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Bonang, AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Sydney, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Payette, US	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1923	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	20 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1923. 1923 had 127 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 October 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	86
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1