Weather Records on 8 October 1977

818 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1977. Highest significance: Fort Huachuca, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1977

On 8 October 1977, 818 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 792 daily.
Fort Huachuca set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 8 October 1977.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

818 stations

818 station records on 8 October 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bastia	France	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Patagonia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ortonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lucerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

818 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 463, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 October 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	463
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 October 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 792.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1977

Top 20 records on 8 October 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1977	Fort Huachuca, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1977	Nogales, US	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1977	Kitchener, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Alton - Melvin Price L&D, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Bunbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Campbell, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Catemaco, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Monroe City, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Imuris (Smn), MX	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Morrison, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Cass Lake, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Haleyville, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Bastia, FR	daily rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Fajardo, PR	daily rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Greenville, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1977	Pana, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1977. 1977 had 818 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 1977-10-08: 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	636
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1