Weather Records on 8 October 1930

400 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1930. Highest significance: Amite, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1930

On 8 October 1930, 400 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 395 daily.
Amite set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 8 October 1930.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

400 stations

400 station records on 8 October 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bongeabong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waimea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

400 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 8 October 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1930

Top 20 records on 8 October 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1930	Amite, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Doreen, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Coolah (Binnia St), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Bongeabong, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Merriwa (Merry Vale), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Florence, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Waimea, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1930	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 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

1802 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1930. 1930 had 400 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 20	304
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1