Weather Records on 5 October 2008

942 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2008. Highest significance: De Kooy, NL.

Key Facts for 5 October 2008

On 5 October 2008, 942 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 243 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 912 daily.
De Kooy set an all-time record daily precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 5 October 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

942 stations

942 station records on 5 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Kooy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Den Oever	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Joure	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vaals	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Loningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sibu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caransebes	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zoutkamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Callantsoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deva	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heeg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oldeholtpade	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Den Burg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Herbayum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ocna Sugatag	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nousiainen Koljola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorredijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sibiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Haukes	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oudemirdum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woltersum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Price Blm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sofia	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St. Anna Parochie	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appelscha	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Paulowna	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Veenhuizen (D)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Preststulen	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gronning	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zuni	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laitila Haukka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nijbeets	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miercurea Ciuc	Romania	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bergumerdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medemblik	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stavoren_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Notodden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

942 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 165, Heaviest daily rainfall 464, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 5 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	165
Heaviest daily rainfall	464
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 5 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 26, daily 912.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

797 broken records

Margins by which the 797 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 2008

Top 20 records on 5 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2008	De Kooy, NL	all-time rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2008	Den Oever, NL	all-time rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	158 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Joure, NL	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Vaals, NL	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Cando 1E, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Childress Muni AP, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Loningen, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Sibu, MY	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Eelde, NL	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Caransebes, RO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Laurel Mtn, US	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Zoutkamp, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Den Helder-1, NL	all-time rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Fairmont, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Island Park, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Callantsoog, NL	monthly rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Deva, RO	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	168 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2008	Loa, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 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

1795 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2008. 2008 had 942 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

Download the Data

Data for records on 2008-10-05: 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	765
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1