Weather Records on 8 September 1924

138 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1924. Highest significance: Uniondale (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 September 1924

On 8 September 1924, 138 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 133 daily.
Uniondale (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 8 September 1924.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

138 stations

138 station records on 8 September 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

138 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 33.

Records on 8 September 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

106 broken records

Margins by which the 106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1924

Top 20 records on 8 September 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1924	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1924	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1924	Malin Head, IE	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Eutawville, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Athens, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	42.0 C (107.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Melville, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Warrumbungle Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Vickery 2 NW, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Lexington, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	45 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Pendleton Dwtn, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	5 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Moxee, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	7 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Heerde, NL	daily rain	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1924	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1924. 1924 had 138 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 September 1924
Margin	Records
0 to 10	96
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2