Weather Records on 8 October 1996

1,261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1996. Highest significance: Willard 4 SW, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1996

On 8 October 1996, 1,261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
550 were record highs and 296 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 1,202 daily.
Willard 4 SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 193.0 mm (7.6 in) on 8 October 1996.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,261 stations

1,261 station records on 8 October 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Rvr McAf	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteville 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Torsvag Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cloyne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hilton Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sapelo Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steinhatchee 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oxtotilpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,261 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 312, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 415.

Records on 8 October 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	312
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	415
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 57, daily 1,202.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

998 broken records

Margins by which the 998 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1996

Top 20 records on 8 October 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1996	Willard 4 SW, US	monthly rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	79 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 1996	Bologna, IT	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	81 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Orangeburg 2, US	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	100 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Stillmore, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	81 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Conway, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1996	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	Rocky Mt 8 ESE, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	Williamsburg 2 N, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	Bolsoy Santar, RU	daily rain	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	Suffolk Lake Kilby, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	New Rvr McAf, US	monthly rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	Westgrove, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1996	Whiteville 7 NW, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	55 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1996. 1996 had 1,261 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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Data for records on 1996-10-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	855
20 to 40	89
40 to 60	30
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	8
100 to 120	2