Weather Records on 8 October 2016

550 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2016. Highest significance: Walterboro 1 SW, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 2016

On 8 October 2016, 550 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 509 daily.
Walterboro 1 SW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 253.7 mm (10.0 in) on 8 October 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

550 stations

550 station records on 8 October 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	253.7 mm (10.0 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	287.5 mm (11.3 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Manning	United States	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Liubashivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sulina	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burnsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leova	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteville 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlet	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gassaway	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

550 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 32, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 2016

Top 20 records on 8 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2016	Walterboro 1 SW, US	all-time rain	253.7 mm (10.0 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 2016	Yemassee 1 N, US	all-time rain	287.5 mm (11.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 2016	Florence Rgnl AP, US	all-time rain	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	61 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 2016	Smithfield, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	89 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Manning, US	all-time rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Wilson 3 SW, US	monthly rain	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Danville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	High Pt, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Liubashivka, UA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Greenville, US	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Jackson Springs 5 WNW, US	monthly rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Marion, US	all-time rain	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Elizabeth City Cgas, US	monthly rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	16 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Norfolk NAS, US	monthly rain	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	11 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2016	Grantsville 1ESE, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2016	Rocky Mt, US	all-time rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2016	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2016	Lake City 2 SE, US	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2016	Holland 1 E, US	monthly rain	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	16 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

1802 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 550 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	1,164
2021	766
2022	571
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	713

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	371
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1