Weather Records on 8 October 2020

1,163 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2020. Highest significance: Branxholme (Bassett), AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 2020

On 8 October 2020, 1,163 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
845 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,130 daily.
Branxholme (Bassett) set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 8 October 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,163 stations

1,163 station records on 8 October 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Penshurst (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Surigao	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leanyer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston (Barton Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aerop.Internacional	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohyliv-Podilskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria Storage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown Donalds Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Funafuti Intl Arpt	Tuvalu	Record low minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garryowen (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rushy Lagoon (Cape Portland Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,163 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 471, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 374, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 270.

Records on 8 October 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	471
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	374
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 1,130.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

972 broken records

Margins by which the 972 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 2020

Top 20 records on 8 October 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2020	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	121 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 2020	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	125 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2020	Merino, AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	111 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2020	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2020	Penshurst (the Gums), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2020	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	126 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2020	Rainbow Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	121 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Surigao, PH	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Sulphur, US	monthly rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Campbell Town (Greenhill), AU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Leanyer, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Castle Rock, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Holbrook (Glenfalloch), AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Macarthur (Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Darwin Airport, AU	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2020	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	97 years	47 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2020. 2020 had 1,163 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 2020-10-08: 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 2026-10-17 (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	955
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1