Weather Records on 8 October 2001

810 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2001. Highest significance: Morrisville 6 SW, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 2001

On 8 October 2001, 810 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 325 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 789 daily.
Morrisville 6 SW set a daily record snowfall of 8.9 cm (3.5 in) on 8 October 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

810 stations

810 station records on 8 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Balgo Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Otog Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Russkaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
York Pond	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irving	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cerepovec	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Island Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benton 5 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pellston Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guaquitepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rybinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

810 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 220, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 8 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	220
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 8 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 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 2001

Top 20 records on 8 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2001	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	90 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2001	Warburton Airfield, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	101 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Balgo Hills, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Otog Qi, CN	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Binalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Mykland, NO	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Beaver Is, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Lugano, CH	daily high min	15.9 C (60.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	E Tawas, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Port Washington, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Russkaja Poljana, RU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Hastings, GB	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	York Pond, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Cherry Valley 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2001	Canaan, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	35 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2001. 2001 had 810 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	535
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1