Weather Records on 8 October 1988

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1988. Highest significance: Dutch Harbor, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1988

On 8 October 1988, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 485 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 769 daily.
Dutch Harbor set a daily record low minimum temperature of -10.6 C (12.9 F) on 8 October 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

793 stations

793 station records on 8 October 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khust	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Cocksdorps	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Attica 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 337, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 8 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	337
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 8 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 769.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1988

Top 20 records on 8 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1988	Dutch Harbor, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	McKinley Park, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Schwerin, DE	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Peterboro 2 S, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Candelaria (Smn), MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Khust, UA	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Guthrie 5S, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Paola, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Middle Dam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	College Park, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Brockton, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1988	Toms River, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	39 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1988. 1988 had 793 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 50	597
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1