Weather Records on 23 October 2008

993 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 2008. Highest significance: Rock Rapids, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 2008

On 23 October 2008, 993 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
306 were record highs and 346 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 968 daily.
Rock Rapids set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 23 October 2008.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

993 stations

993 station records on 23 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minami Tori Shima Ma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sola	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Youndegin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kvavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flekkefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hognestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

993 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 224, Heaviest daily rainfall 302, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 23 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	224
Heaviest daily rainfall	302
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 23 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 968.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 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

23 October 2008

Top 20 records on 23 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 2008	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	102 years	75 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Upland 2NE, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Lake Park 3SSE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Newport, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Alton, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Minden, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Le Mars, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	102 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Wayne, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2008	Akron, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Belleville, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Stavanger - Valand, NO	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Lenora Coop, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Flandreau, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Monte Vista, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Minami Tori Shima Ma, JP	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2008	Cherokee, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 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 993 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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Data for records on 2008-10-23: 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	703
20 to 40	80
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1