Weather Records on 8 October 2008

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2008. Highest significance: Hohenwald, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 2008

On 8 October 2008, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 574 daily.
Hohenwald set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 8 October 2008.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 8 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barren Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Encarnacion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altamira	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whittier	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Dimas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ackerman	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westby 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Misurata	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 8 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 8 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 2008

Top 20 records on 8 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2008	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2008	Athens, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2008	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Senatobia, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	The Dalles, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	114 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Mize 3SW, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Elgin 2SSW, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Kenton, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Moscow, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Dyersburg Muni AP, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Atmore, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Muscatine, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Grenada, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Bruce 2 W, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Coffeeville, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Columbus Metro AP, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Holly Springs 4 N, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2008	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	107 years	42 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2008. 2008 had 582 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 2008-10-08: 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 25	422
25 to 50	33
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1