Weather Records on 8 October 1944

191 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1944. Highest significance: Mohpani, IN.

Key Facts for 8 October 1944

On 8 October 1944, 191 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 185 daily.
Mohpani set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 8 October 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

191 stations

191 station records on 8 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville D St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zion Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Glencliff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

191 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 53.

Records on 8 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 185.

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 42.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1944

Top 20 records on 8 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1944	Mohpani, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1944	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Cortland, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Brownsville, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Virajpet, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Millinocket, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Narrogin, AU	daily high min	15.3 C (59.5 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Snowtown, AU	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Deer Creek Ph, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Montrose #2, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Dudinka, RU	monthly high min	4.6 C (40.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Fallon Exp STN, US	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Lovelock, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Chernjaevo, RU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Colusa Brg, US	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Sonora, US	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Bhanga, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1944	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	2 years	20 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1944. 1944 had 191 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	122
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1