Weather Records on 8 October 1976

1,302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1976. Highest significance: Morganton, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1976

On 8 October 1976, 1,302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 762 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,245 daily.
Morganton set a daily record precipitation of 106.9 mm (4.2 in) on 8 October 1976.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,302 stations

1,302 station records on 8 October 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Etucuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cormick 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paulistana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idlewild	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doaktown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jocotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sar'ja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,302 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 455, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 307, Heaviest daily rainfall 387, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 8 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	455
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	307
Heaviest daily rainfall	387
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 55, daily 1,245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,105 broken records

Margins by which the 1,105 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1976

Top 20 records on 8 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1976	Morganton, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1976	Etucuaro, MX	all-time rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1976	Remanso, BR	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1976	Irara, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Woodbury, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Ocampo, MX	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Tacambaro, MX	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Mc Cormick 9 E, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Tuxcueca, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	monthly high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	N Wilkesboro, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Paulistana, BR	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Zinapecuaro, MX	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Idlewild, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Senhor Do Bonfim, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Doaktown, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Wilkesboro, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Ft Mill 4 NW, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1976	Barra, BR	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	46 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1976. 1976 had 1,302 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 1976-10-08: 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 20	1,025
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3