Weather Records on 8 October 2014

554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2014. Highest significance: Sidsjo, SE.

Key Facts for 8 October 2014

On 8 October 2014, 554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
281 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 542 daily.
Sidsjo set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 8 October 2014.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

554 stations

554 station records on 8 October 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kasa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Robacksdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ullanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Venlo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kinloss	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sasabe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponferrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tours	France	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fedscreek 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Torrbole_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limoges - Bellegarde	France	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wageningen (Pd)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manderscheid-Sonnenhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hersdorf-Weissenseifen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deelen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beekbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asnorrbodarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gondar	Ethiopia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aldan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ferron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ustica Island	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rjazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

554 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 8 October 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 8 October 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

442 broken records

Margins by which the 442 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 2014

Top 20 records on 8 October 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2014	Sidsjo, SE	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2014	Kasa, SE	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Vannas, SE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Organ Pipe Cactus Nm, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Robacksdalen, SE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Ullanger, SE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Venlo, NL	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Kinloss, GB	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Port Blair, IN	monthly rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Olsdorf, DE	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Sasabe, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Ponferrada, ES	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Tours, FR	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Fedscreek 1 SE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Torrbole_D, SE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2014	Limoges - Bellegarde, FR	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 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

1802 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2014. 2014 had 554 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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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 20	423
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1