Weather Records on 8 October 1934

241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1934. Highest significance: Palermo, IT.

Key Facts for 8 October 1934

On 8 October 1934, 241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 228 daily.
Palermo set a daily record precipitation of 81.9 mm (3.2 in) on 8 October 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

241 stations

241 station records on 8 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

241 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 44.

Records on 8 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1934

Top 20 records on 8 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1934	Palermo, IT	daily rain	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1934	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1934	Tampa, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1934	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1934	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Heerde, NL	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Kingston, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	61 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Muvattupuzha, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Raton, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Badagara, IN	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Tomsk, RU	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	12.3 C (54.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Manjeri, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Ft Collins, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Glacier, CA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Lake Moraine, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1934	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	23 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1934. 1934 had 241 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 10	165
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2