Weather Records on 8 October 2005

1,303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2005. Highest significance: Pittsfield Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 2005

On 8 October 2005, 1,303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
619 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 131 monthly and 1,161 daily.
Pittsfield Muni AP set an all-time record daily precipitation of 183.6 mm (7.2 in) on 8 October 2005.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,303 stations

1,303 station records on 8 October 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Poughkeepsie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bangor Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lock Haven Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Natl Arboretum Dc	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Westchester Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millheim	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
West Sand Lake 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Brook 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,303 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 418, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 547, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 8 October 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	418
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	547
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 8 October 2005 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 131, daily 1,161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,081 broken records

Margins by which the 1,081 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 2005

Top 20 records on 8 October 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2005	Pittsfield Muni AP, US	all-time rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 2005	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 2005	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 2005	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 October 2005	Clarksville, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Lexington, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	102 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Poughkeepsie AP, US	all-time rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Sussex 1 NW, US	all-time rain	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	W Chester 2 NW, US	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Norfolk NAS, US	monthly rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Middletown 2 NW, US	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	102 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Bangor Intl AP, US	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	98 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP, US	all-time rain	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Falls Village, US	monthly rain	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Montrose, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Lock Haven Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Neshaminy Falls, US	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2005	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	62 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2005. 2005 had 1,303 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	897
20 to 40	108
40 to 60	47
60 to 80	24
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3