Weather Records on 8 October 1970

1,672 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1970. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 8 October 1970

On 8 October 1970, 1,672 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
222 were record highs and 768 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,629 daily.
Genoa set an all-time record daily precipitation of 389.2 mm (15.3 in) on 8 October 1970.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,672 stations

1,672 station records on 8 October 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	389.2 mm (15.3 in)	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	294.9 mm (11.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Plains	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Betania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coalgate 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jaicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Feitoria (Sao Felix)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,672 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 488, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 280, Heaviest daily rainfall 504, Heaviest daily snowfall 147, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 8 October 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	488
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	280
Heaviest daily rainfall	504
Heaviest daily snowfall	147
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 8 October 1970 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 40, daily 1,629.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,439 broken records

Margins by which the 1,439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1970

Top 20 records on 8 October 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1970	Genoa, IT	all-time rain	389.2 mm (15.3 in)	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	128 years	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 1970	Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk, US	all-time rain	294.9 mm (11.6 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1970	Plains, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1970	Betania, BR	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1970	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1970	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Porteiras, BR	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Coalgate 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Springer, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Ada, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Honaunau 27, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Parnamirim (Leopoldina), BR	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Winnebago, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Haigler, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Rochester Intl AP, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Montrose #2, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1970	Wray, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1970. 1970 had 1,672 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	1,345
50 to 100	67
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1