Weather Records on 8 October 1953

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1953. Highest significance: New Smyrna Beach, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1953

On 8 October 1953, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 227 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 399 daily.
New Smyrna Beach set a daily record precipitation of 153.7 mm (6.1 in) on 8 October 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

401 stations

401 station records on 8 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lingasugur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 159, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 8 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	159
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

279 broken records

Margins by which the 279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1953

Top 20 records on 8 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1953	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1953	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1953	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1953	Gaspe, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1953	Izana, ES	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1953	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Parry Sound, CA	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Karimnagar, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Palani, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Woodstock, CA	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Lingasugur, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Berlin, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	66 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Bhagwanpur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Rupert 3 WSW, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Waterville Wwtp, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Blaine, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1953	Huntington 1, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	26 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1953. 1953 had 401 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	266
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2