Weather Records on 8 October 2022

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 2022. Highest significance: Arthurville (Cramond), AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 2022

On 8 October 2022, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 564 daily.
Arthurville (Cramond) set a daily record precipitation of 53.6 mm (2.1 in) on 8 October 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

572 stations

572 station records on 8 October 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Lake Bathurst (Somerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kahmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Yarrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charleyong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deming Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Remilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bobadah (Pretty View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (the Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Green Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Rossgole)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Balowra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kars Springs (Welldun)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgarlo (Ildemere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elong Elong (Bendeela St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
King Salmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mumbil (Burrendong Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 233.

Records on 8 October 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 564.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 2022

Top 20 records on 8 October 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 2022	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2022	Lake Bathurst (Somerton), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	79 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2022	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 October 2022	Nyngan (Mudall), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	131 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Kahmoo, AU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Willow Tree (Yarrabah), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Mt Howitt, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Peak Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	127 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Charleyong, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Bhaunagar, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Nakhon Sawan, TH	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Blackville Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Lookout Mountain, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Peak Hill (Bruie Plains), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	131 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Pine Ridge (Billabong), AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Bowning (Wanganui), AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 2022	Hillsboro, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	123 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2022. 2022 had 572 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 2022-10-08: 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 10	394
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2