Weather Records on 22 October 2008

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 2008. Highest significance: Norton 9SSE, US.

Key Facts for 22 October 2008

On 22 October 2008, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 209 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 829 daily.
Norton 9SSE set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 22 October 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 22 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Surprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deweese 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 22 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 22 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 829.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 2008

Top 20 records on 22 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 2008	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	102 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Fairmont, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	102 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Lebanon, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Utica, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Logan, US	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2008	Kennebec, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	102 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Guide Rock, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Windom, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Lynch, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Bridgewater, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Menno, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Smith Ctr, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2008	Wilsonville, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	56 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 846 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

Download the Data

Data for records on 2008-10-22: 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	625
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1