Weather Records on 8 October 1991

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1991. Highest significance: Britstown (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 October 1991

On 8 October 1991, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 444 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 900 daily.
Britstown (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 28.5 mm (1.1 in) on 8 October 1991.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 8 October 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baynesfield Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Temamatla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jequitinhonha (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedara	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uniteit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Ojitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tanlacut	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Niekerkshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bambui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tempoal de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Blanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gleniffer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Campo Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao Do Ibitipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	Venezuela	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rioverde (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 279, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 October 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	279
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 900.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 164.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1991

Top 20 records on 8 October 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1991	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Baynesfield Estate, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Hialeah, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Miami Intl AP, US	daily rain	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Basberg, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Temamatla, MX	daily rain	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Jequitinhonha (Pcd), BR	monthly rain	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high max	19.1 C (66.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Greifswald, DE	daily high max	21.2 C (70.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Cedara, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Boras, SE	daily high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Schwerin, DE	daily high max	22.4 C (72.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Uniteit, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Saltville 1N, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1991	Potsdam, DE	daily high max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	94 years	38 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1991. 1991 had 915 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 25	656
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1