Weather Records on 8 October 1940

170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1940. Highest significance: Krishnarajpet, IN.

Key Facts for 8 October 1940

On 8 October 1940, 170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 163 daily.
Krishnarajpet set an all-time record daily precipitation of 155.4 mm (6.1 in) on 8 October 1940.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

170 stations

170 station records on 8 October 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Smith 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.4 C (-19.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

170 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 94.

Records on 8 October 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 163.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

138 broken records

Margins by which the 138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1940

Top 20 records on 8 October 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1940	Krishnarajpet, IN	all-time rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1940	Anekal, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1940	Chettikulam, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1940	Thiruthuraipoond, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1940	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1940	Ponnamaravathi, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1940	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Bainbridge 2 E, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Stockholm, SE	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Pollachi, IN	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Theethandathanam, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Hindupur, IN	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Mudigere, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Eraniel, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Nilakottai, IN	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Polur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Yercaud, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Haiku 490, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1940	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1940. 1940 had 170 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	120
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2