Weather Records on 8 October 1982

1,184 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1982. Highest significance: Lake Providence, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1982

On 8 October 1982, 1,184 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,162 daily.
Lake Providence set a daily record precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 8 October 1982.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,184 stations

1,184 station records on 8 October 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stonington	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stramproy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	265.5 mm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shakhrinau	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Springs 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Erebango	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Oak 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tavil-Dora	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Osawatomie	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aalsmeer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presidente Prudente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Potrerillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lijnden (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lenindjol	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Fatima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,184 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 657, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 8 October 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	657
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 8 October 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 1,162.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

979 broken records

Margins by which the 979 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 251.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1982

Top 20 records on 8 October 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1982	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1982	Geneseo, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1982	Lead, US	daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Highmore, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Ellendale, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Dushanbe, TJ	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Stonington, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Spencer 6 SSE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Onaka, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Echeta 2 NW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Stramproy, NL	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Hachijojima, JP	daily rain	265.5 mm (10.5 in)	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Shakhrinau, TJ	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Goshen Springs 3 NW, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Eagle Butte, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1982	Faith, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	3 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1982. 1982 had 1,184 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 2026-10-15 (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 50	963
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1