Weather Records on 8 October 1999

1,196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1999. Highest significance: Sangary, RU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1999

On 8 October 1999, 1,196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
503 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,168 daily.
Sangary set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 8 October 1999.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,196 stations

1,196 station records on 8 October 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sangary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Muchea Tree Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Booralee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Calingiri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
West Swan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hawthornden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wattening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nanda Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dartnall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Inkpen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karlgarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Bramador	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yoongarillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marbling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Allan Rocks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Birahlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neozhidannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowaramup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tepalcingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chietla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mundaring Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,196 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 558.

Records on 8 October 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	558
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1999 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 1,168.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,014 broken records

Margins by which the 1,014 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1999

Top 20 records on 8 October 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1999	Sangary, RU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Toodyay, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Muchea Tree Farm, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Amelup, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Booralee, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Kenton, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Calingiri, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Wannamal, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Margaret River, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	West Swan, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Kirup, AU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Cairo 3N, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Nannup, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Bolgart, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Hawthornden, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Wattening, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Nanda Downs, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1999	Chidlow, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	72 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1999. 1999 had 1,196 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 1999-10-08: 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	943
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1