Weather Records on 8 October 1964

1,078 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1964. Highest significance: Dunolly, AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1964

On 8 October 1964, 1,078 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 361 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 1,060 daily.
Dunolly set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 8 October 1964.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,078 stations

1,078 station records on 8 October 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woomelang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manangatang (Eureka East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woornack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yanga (Warne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manangatang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell (Waare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narada Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chandi	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,078 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 276, Heaviest daily rainfall 574, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 October 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	276
Heaviest daily rainfall	574
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 October 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 1,060.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

906 broken records

Margins by which the 906 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1964

Top 20 records on 8 October 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1964	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1964	Genoa, IT	daily rain	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	110 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1964	Zugspitze, DE	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1964	Ebersberg-Halbing, DE	monthly rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1964	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Werribee Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Birchip (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Metten, DE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Woomelang, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Avoca (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Raghopur, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Swan Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Eiberg, DE	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Hornepayne, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	White River, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Tarnagulla, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1964	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	49 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1964. 1964 had 1,078 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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Data for records on 1964-10-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	882
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1