Weather Records on 8 October 1960

316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1960. Highest significance: Olney 2S, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1960

On 8 October 1960, 316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 307 daily.
Olney 2S set a daily record precipitation of 64.3 mm (2.5 in) on 8 October 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

316 stations

316 station records on 8 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kurla	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tonto Springs Rs 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rajim	India	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kruisrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kindsi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chaurai	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nqutu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

316 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1960

Top 20 records on 8 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1960	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Bhatagaon, IN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Kurla, IN	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Ash Fork 6 N, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Tonto Springs Rs 4 W, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Wisley, GB	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1960	Crandall Creek, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1960	Mykland, NO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1960	Rajim, IN	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1960	Riverview, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1960	Silverton, US	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1960	Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1960	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1960	Kruisrivier, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1960	Athens, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	60 years	30 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1960. 1960 had 316 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 20	240
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2