Weather Records on 26 October 2008

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 2008. Highest significance: Labuan, MY.

Key Facts for 26 October 2008

On 26 October 2008, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 614 daily.
Labuan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 228.6 mm (9.0 in) on 26 October 2008.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 26 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Labuan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mordetta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miri	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Hill 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deqen	China	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pali Golf Course 788.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waikiki 717.2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arubiddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saratoga Springs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Sand Lake 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 2008

Top 20 records on 26 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 2008	Labuan, MY	monthly rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2008	Kota Kinabalu Intl, MY	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Givhans Ferry 2 ESE, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Mordetta, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Gustavus, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Caribou WFO, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Hamburg, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Phuket, TH	monthly low min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Annex Creek, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Kuusiku, EE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Miri, MY	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Curtis, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Potrerillos, MX	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Rock Hill 3 SW, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2008	Deqen, CN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	39 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

1816 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 2008. 2008 had 631 records.

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

Records on 10-26 in each year
Year	Records
1816	1
1831	1
1832	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1849	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1866	3
1868	2
1870	1
1871	4
1874	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	8
1888	6
1889	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	2
1895	2
1898	2
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	4
1903	16
1904	6
1905	18
1906	8
1907	12
1908	25
1909	10
1910	10
1911	7
1912	24
1913	38
1914	27
1915	34
1916	59
1917	47
1918	58
1919	72
1920	57
1921	33
1922	147
1923	68
1924	102
1925	185
1926	381
1927	522
1928	174
1929	137
1930	228
1931	359
1932	468
1933	605
1934	331
1935	174
1936	528
1937	248
1938	201
1939	1,140
1940	516
1941	688
1942	926
1943	466
1944	357
1945	434
1946	481
1947	533
1948	158
1949	368
1950	654
1951	337
1952	417
1953	449
1954	728
1955	484
1956	378
1957	1,082
1958	187
1959	488
1960	315
1961	214
1962	1,136
1963	1,079
1964	417
1965	450
1966	271
1967	392
1968	478
1969	493
1970	744
1971	1,021
1972	362
1973	362
1974	266
1975	787
1976	818
1977	864
1978	495
1979	759
1980	953
1981	761
1982	837
1983	564
1984	790
1985	559
1986	602
1987	704
1988	896
1989	1,628
1990	582
1991	1,660
1992	726
1993	615
1994	610
1995	911
1996	1,651
1997	2,943
1998	1,125
1999	994
2000	1,091
2001	939
2002	1,088
2003	1,271
2004	1,122
2005	1,165
2006	1,822
2007	1,183
2008	631
2009	746
2010	1,542
2011	797
2012	1,048
2013	800
2014	977
2015	430
2016	719
2017	474
2018	592
2019	896
2020	3,942
2021	728
2022	626
2023	1,628
2024	790
2025	611

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Data for records on 2008-10-26: 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	478
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1