Weather Records on 8 September 1921

299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1921. Highest significance: Tittybong Pine Grove Farm, AU.

Key Facts for 8 September 1921

On 8 September 1921, 299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 287 daily.
Tittybong Pine Grove Farm set an all-time record daily precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 8 September 1921.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

299 stations

299 station records on 8 September 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tittybong Pine Grove Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jeruk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Areegra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitiamo 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Rail (Dalyenong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

299 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 September 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1921 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1921

Top 20 records on 8 September 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1921	Tittybong Pine Grove Farm, AU	all-time rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1921	Alexandra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Jeruk, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Towaninnie, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Wychitella South, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Apsley, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Tolmie (Langley), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Boort, AU	all-time rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Brighton Middle, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Sedan, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Minimay (Booroopki), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Yea, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1921	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	43 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1921. 1921 had 299 records.

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

Records on 09-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1813	1
1814	2
1815	2
1833	1
1837	1
1845	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	2
1851	1
1854	1
1855	3
1857	1
1860	3
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	3
1883	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	10
1906	14
1907	7
1908	4
1909	7
1910	9
1911	20
1912	62
1913	19
1914	37
1915	32
1916	25
1917	166
1918	31
1919	240
1920	59
1921	299
1922	206
1923	116
1924	138
1925	232
1926	141
1927	177
1928	93
1929	397
1930	156
1931	480
1932	465
1933	728
1934	407
1935	353
1936	535
1937	222
1938	397
1939	547
1940	297
1941	477
1942	375
1943	488
1944	769
1945	423
1946	325
1947	586
1948	340
1949	765
1950	570
1951	389
1952	382
1953	324
1954	309
1955	481
1956	717
1957	427
1958	480
1959	667
1960	678
1961	351
1962	682
1963	378
1964	294
1965	472
1966	351
1967	380
1968	308
1969	556
1970	582
1971	704
1972	523
1973	873
1974	626
1975	564
1976	639
1977	726
1978	1,165
1979	813
1980	739
1981	854
1982	605
1983	1,154
1984	1,123
1985	1,492
1986	1,203
1987	880
1988	856
1989	648
1990	747
1991	806
1992	869
1993	783
1994	704
1995	1,324
1996	609
1997	892
1998	1,331
1999	1,196
2000	981
2001	1,643
2002	1,238
2003	819
2004	1,576
2005	1,015
2006	850
2007	1,112
2008	878
2009	832
2010	1,143
2011	1,554
2012	813
2013	831
2014	515
2015	728
2016	951
2017	978
2018	724
2019	903
2020	1,952
2021	1,080
2022	1,567
2023	1,242
2024	1,336
2025	707
2026	699

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	248
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1