Weather Records on 8 October 1942

209 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1942. Highest significance: Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 October 1942

On 8 October 1942, 209 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 206 daily.
Matjiesfontein (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 8 October 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

209 stations

209 station records on 8 October 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pajingo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

209 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 75.

Records on 8 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 206.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

170 broken records

Margins by which the 170 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1942

Top 20 records on 8 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1942	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1942	Kattumannarkoil, IN	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1942	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1942	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	23.2 C (73.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	23.6 C (74.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Escanaba, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	53 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Flat Top Island, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Bamberg, DE	daily high min	12.7 C (54.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	55 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high max	24.8 C (76.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Mannargudi, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1942	Laramie, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	21 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1942. 1942 had 209 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	150
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1