Weather Records on 8 October 1984

694 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1984. Highest significance: Murrum Station, AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1984

On 8 October 1984, 694 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 660 daily.
Murrum Station set a daily record precipitation of 26.0 mm (1.0 in) on 8 October 1984.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

694 stations

694 station records on 8 October 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murrum Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yoweragabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Noongall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wanarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yaringa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siloam Springs 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coodardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madoonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgaranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wogarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

694 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 363.

Records on 8 October 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	363
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1984

Top 20 records on 8 October 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1984	Murrum Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	Wooramel, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	Meka Station, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	Murgoo, AU	monthly rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	Twin Peaks, AU	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	Yoweragabbie, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	Robstown, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	Wandagee, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	Noongall, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1984	St Louis Lambert Intl AP, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Carnarvon Airport, AU	monthly rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Wanarie, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Yuin, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Poona, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Clearwater, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Marron, AU	monthly rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Challa, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Edaggee, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Warroora, AU	monthly rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1984	Boolardy, AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	50 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1984. 1984 had 694 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	545
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1