Weather Records on 8 October 1993

946 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1993. Highest significance: Basin, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1993

On 8 October 1993, 946 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
306 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 890 daily.
Basin set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 8 October 1993.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

946 stations

946 station records on 8 October 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Emblem	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Redbird	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Worland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Worland Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pony	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Piacabucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lame Deer	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Birney	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mosby 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heart Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harlowton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putla de Guerrero (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ryegate 18 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

946 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 8 October 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 8 October 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 55, daily 890.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

789 broken records

Margins by which the 789 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1993

Top 20 records on 8 October 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1993	Basin, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1993	Hatteras, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	90 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1993	Madrid, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1993	Emblem, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1993	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1993	Redbird, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1993	Worland, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1993	New Holland, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1993	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Gibson 2 NE, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Melstone, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Hot Springs, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Worland Muni AP, US	monthly snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Grant 5 SE, US	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Hysham, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Sheridan AP, US	daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Akron 4 E, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Gibson 2 NE, US	monthly snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Pony, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1993	Arthur, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	56 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1993. 1993 had 946 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	710
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	24
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1