Weather Records on 27 October 2008

650 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 2008. Highest significance: Kailua 446, US.

Key Facts for 27 October 2008

On 27 October 2008, 650 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 625 daily.
Kailua 446 set a daily record low minimum temperature of 12.2 C (54.0 F) on 27 October 2008.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

650 stations

650 station records on 27 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deqen	China	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waikiki 717.2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Xigaze	China	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putneyville 2 SE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Comanja de Corona	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record low minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tempoal de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rothsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Fap David Abenzur Rengifo	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pokrovskaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lampang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nellore	India	Record low minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Venado	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cardon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weeki Wachee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

650 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 2008

Top 20 records on 27 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 2008	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Florence, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Millinocket, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Deqen, CN	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Milpa Alta, MX	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Annex Creek, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Rio Grande (Smn), MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Jerome, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Parker, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Ft Ross, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Chiconautla, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Paradise, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Waikiki 717.2, US	monthly low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Ely AP, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Willcox, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Quito, MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2008	Seligman, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	82 years	37 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 650 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	435
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1