Weather Records on 8 October 1975

1,034 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1975. Highest significance: Barkers Creek Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1975

On 8 October 1975, 1,034 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 986 daily.
Barkers Creek Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 8 October 1975.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,034 stations

1,034 station records on 8 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wilkawatt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Manangatang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glendambo (Millers Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lock Number 9	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gorgas 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Pernatty Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yeltacowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pigick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,034 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 739, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	739
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 986.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

940 broken records

Margins by which the 940 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1975

Top 20 records on 8 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1975	Barkers Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 1975	Calivil, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Hawker (Wilson), AU	monthly rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Yea, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Forks 4 NNE, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Cradock, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Wolseley, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Cape Northumberland, AU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Nelson, AU	monthly rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Renmark Irrigation, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Wilkawatt Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Nhill (Woorak), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Lillimur Estate, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1975	Jung, AU	monthly rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1975. 1975 had 1,034 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	778
20 to 40	126
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1