Weather Records on 8 October 2002

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2002. Highest significance: Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES.

Key Facts for 8 October 2002

On 8 October 2002, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 296 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 671 daily.
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory set a daily record precipitation of 86.6 mm (3.4 in) on 8 October 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

706 stations

706 station records on 8 October 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vileyka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stolbtsy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Volkovysk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Senno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ganevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kostuckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ivacevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klichev	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leloiov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lepel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bobruisk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chipinge	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lazdijai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Novogrudok	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Slavgorod	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berezino	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Arroyo Prieto (Cf	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morovis 1 N	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huesca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Volozhin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lida	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alldays	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Salitre	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Mateo Acuitlapilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 186, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 8 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	186
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 8 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 2002

Top 20 records on 8 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2002	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Vileyka, BY	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Baranovichi, BY	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Grodno, BY	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	102 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Stolbtsy, BY	monthly rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Minsk, BY	monthly rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Volkovysk, BY	monthly rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Luling, US	daily rain	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Senno, BY	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Ganevici, BY	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Kostuckovichi, BY	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Ivacevici, BY	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Klichev, BY	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Gomel, BY	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Leloiov, BY	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Lepel, BY	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2002	Bobruisk, BY	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	43 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 706 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2002-10-08: 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 2026-10-15 (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	548
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1