Weather Records on 8 October 1971

468 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1971. Highest significance: Venterstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 October 1971

On 8 October 1971, 468 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 451 daily.
Venterstad set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 8 October 1971.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

468 stations

468 station records on 8 October 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Sitio Sao Geraldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	207.4 mm (8.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aragats	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Egvard	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shorja	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snowhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fantan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Serowe	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeesthoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Tres Saltos (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Artik	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Botlih	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pafuri	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Semenovka	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coruripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lermontovo	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hrazdan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Visconde de Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

468 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 October 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 October 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

424 broken records

Margins by which the 424 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1971

Top 20 records on 8 October 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1971	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1971	Sitio Sao Geraldo, BR	monthly rain	207.4 mm (8.2 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Aragats, AM	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Egvard, AM	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Shorja, AM	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Wilo (Bos), ZA	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Fantan, AM	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Bele (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Lusikisiki (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Laranjeiras, BR	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Libode (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Tsolo, ZA	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Serowe, BW	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Hartebeesthoek, ZA	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Beaverhead R/S, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1971	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	42 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1971. 1971 had 468 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	369
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1