Weather Records on 7 October 1982

1,079 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1982. Highest significance: Sardis Dam, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1982

On 7 October 1982, 1,079 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 98 monthly and 966 daily.
Sardis Dam set an all-time record daily precipitation of 215.9 mm (8.5 in) on 7 October 1982.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,079 stations

1,079 station records on 7 October 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sardis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Koblenz-Horchheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bad Bruckenau (A)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Geroda-Platz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ostheim V.D. Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bonn-Friesdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nurburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lorch/Rhein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schinnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenrod-Mappershain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lohr/Main-Steinbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Modautal-Neunkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roetgen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sonneberg-Neufang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lerik	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,079 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 565, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 7 October 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	565
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 7 October 1982 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 98, daily 966.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

914 broken records

Margins by which the 914 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1982

Top 20 records on 7 October 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1982	Sardis Dam, US	all-time rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	76 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Lake Providence, US	monthly rain	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Mayen, DE	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Eberbach/Neckar, DE	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	monthly rain	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Philippine, NL	all-time rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Koblenz-Horchheim, DE	monthly rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Schluchtern-Herolz, DE	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Bad Schwalbach, DE	monthly rain	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Bad Bruckenau (A), DE	monthly rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	University, US	all-time rain	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1982	Geroda-Platz, DE	all-time rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1982	Ostheim V.D. Rhon, DE	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1982	Waltershausen, DE	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1982	Bonn-Friesdorf, DE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1982	Paso de San Antonio, MX	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1982	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1982	Dumas, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1982	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	59 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1982. 1982 had 1,079 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	775
20 to 40	96
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	2