Weather Records on 8 September 1927

177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1927. Highest significance: Gotska Sandon, SE.

Key Facts for 8 September 1927

On 8 September 1927, 177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 174 daily.
Gotska Sandon set a daily record precipitation of 28.1 mm (1.1 in) on 8 September 1927.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

177 stations

177 station records on 8 September 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

177 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 59.

Records on 8 September 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

123 broken records

Margins by which the 123 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1927

Top 20 records on 8 September 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1927	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1927	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1927	Orebro, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1927	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1927	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1927	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1927	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Galva, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Marengo, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Beito, NO	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Columbus, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Grantsburg, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1927	Butlerville 2 WNW, US	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 years	22 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1927. 1927 had 177 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 10	102
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2