Weather Records on 8 October 1992

1,277 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1992. Highest significance: Kukuihaele Hic 199, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1992

On 8 October 1992, 1,277 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 369 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,230 daily.
Kukuihaele Hic 199 set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 8 October 1992.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,277 stations

1,277 station records on 8 October 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kingoonya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tewkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wharminda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,277 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 747, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 October 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	747
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 October 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 46, daily 1,230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,138 broken records

Margins by which the 1,138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1992

Top 20 records on 8 October 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1992	Kukuihaele Hic 199, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Kingoonya, AU	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Coulta, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Normanville, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Madison, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Hebron, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	83 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Bruning, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Nelson, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Ungarra, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Yeelanna, AU	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Verma, NO	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Alton, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1992	Lebanon, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)

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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1992. 1992 had 1,277 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	928
20 to 40	146
40 to 60	46
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	2