Weather Records on 8 October 1936

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1936. Highest significance: Newton, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1936

On 8 October 1936, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
354 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 626 daily.
Newton set a daily record precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 8 October 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 8 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1936

Top 20 records on 8 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1936	Newton, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	Sedan, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	Independence, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	Randleman, US	all-time rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	Kursk, RU	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	University, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1936	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Walhalla, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Gillsville, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Robeline, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily low min	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Milan, IT	daily low max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Tulsa, US	monthly rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Osage City, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1936	Maysville Wwtp, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	29 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1936. 1936 had 645 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	501
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2