Weather Records on 8 October 1937

262 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1937. Highest significance: Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1937

On 8 October 1937, 262 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 258 daily.
Ebor (Wongwibinda) set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 8 October 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

262 stations

262 station records on 8 October 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suntop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

262 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 October 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1937

Top 20 records on 8 October 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1937	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	Albany, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	Pardelup, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	Aberfoyle, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	Dhone, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	North Lakhimpur, IN	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1937	Dingup, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Tarikere, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Newport, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Lake Muir, AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Woogenellup, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Jeogla Station, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Collie, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1937	Port Arthur, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	24 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1937. 1937 had 262 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	151
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1