Weather Records on 8 October 1959

962 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1959. Highest significance: Manfred, AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1959

On 8 October 1959, 962 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 280 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 937 daily.
Manfred set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 8 October 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

962 stations

962 station records on 8 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Culpaulin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Slave Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

962 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 456, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 8 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	456
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 8 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 937.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

809 broken records

Margins by which the 809 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1959

Top 20 records on 8 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1959	Manfred, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1959	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1959	University, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1959	Frankfort Downtown, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1959	Larimore 4SW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Anchorage, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	McBride 4SE, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Thief River Falls, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Velva, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Port Shepstone, ZA	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Angus 1 N, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Eckman 2 SE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Towner 2 NE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Barkerville, CA	monthly snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1959	Wistaria, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)

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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1959. 1959 had 962 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	770
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1