Weather Records on 8 October 2017

944 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2017. Highest significance: Bay Minette, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 2017

On 8 October 2017, 944 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
625 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 136 monthly and 808 daily.
Bay Minette set a daily record precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 8 October 2017.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

944 stations

944 station records on 8 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thorsby Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harsfjarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dalian	China	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Risinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Apple	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Herman	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Childersburg Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crestview FAA/AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vallnora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Tri-State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taiyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby_S	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stormyra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mathews	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shijiazhuang	China	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

944 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 498, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	498
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 136, daily 808.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

738 broken records

Margins by which the 738 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 651.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 2017

Top 20 records on 8 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2017	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2017	Calarasi, RO	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2017	Varfu Omul, RO	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2017	Greenville, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2017	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2017	Selma, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	121 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2017	Valley Head, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	116 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2017	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	120 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2017	Leeds, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Thorsby Exp STN, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Harsfjarden, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Dalian, CN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Murray, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	128 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Risinge, SE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Blairsville Exp STN, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Coloso, PR	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Pine Apple, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2017	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 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

1802 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2017. 2017 had 944 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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Data for records on 2017-10-08: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	735
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1