Weather Records on 9 October 2008

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 2008. Highest significance: Yarraloola, AU.

Key Facts for 9 October 2008

On 9 October 2008, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 459 daily.
Yarraloola set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 9 October 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 9 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa del Marques	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Azoyu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Copala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Islote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meacham	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamay	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oroville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acapulco de Juarez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belltower	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula Wildlife Ref	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whittier	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panama City 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Soledad Nte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Threave	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
King Salmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brewton 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Folkston 9 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 2008

Top 20 records on 9 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 2008	Yarraloola, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 October 2008	Buena Vista, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Alma Bacon Co AP, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Jalapa del Marques, MX	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Azoyu, MX	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Greenville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Bethel AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Orangeburg 2, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Copala, MX	daily rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Elliston, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	El Islote, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Barrow AP, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Ludlow 3 SSE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Ixmiquilpan (Smn), MX	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Crandall Creek, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Valencia, ES	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2008	Turgaj, KZ	daily high max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	94 years	40 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

1793 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 473 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	309
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2