Weather Records on 30 October 2008

1,310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 2008. Highest significance: Sonnblick, AT.

Key Facts for 30 October 2008

On 30 October 2008, 1,310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
482 were record highs and 511 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 85 monthly and 1,223 daily.
Sonnblick set a daily record precipitation of 89.2 mm (3.5 in) on 30 October 2008.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

1,310 stations

1,310 station records on 30 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olofstrom	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huili	China	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Soraby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tosteberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fagerhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hogemalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ganado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juiz de Fora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulrika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Korsberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record low maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bromolla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Kalgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Konga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,310 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 322, Lowest daily maximum 260, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 251, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 83.

Records on 30 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	322
Lowest daily maximum	260
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	251
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	83

Records on 30 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 85, daily 1,223.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

984 broken records

Margins by which the 984 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 2008

Top 20 records on 30 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 2008	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 October 2008	Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO	all-time rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 October 2008	Anklam, DE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 October 2008	Lichinga, MZ	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 October 2008	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	113 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 October 2008	Sakon Nakhon, TH	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Greifswald, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Camden, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Gouverneur 3 NW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Milesovka, CZ	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Big Moose 3 SE, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Mettler, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Olofstrom, SE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Chanthaburi, TH	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Wanakena Rngr School, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Aspendell, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 2008	Tionesta 2 SE Lake, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	87 years	46 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

1799 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2008. 2008 had 1,310 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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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 50	942
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1