Weather Records on 8 September 1929

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1929. Highest significance: Morgantown 1, US.

Key Facts for 8 September 1929

On 8 September 1929, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 393 daily.
Morgantown 1 set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 8 September 1929.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 8 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 393.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1929

Top 20 records on 8 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1929	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1929	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1929	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1929	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1929	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1929	Saint Leo, US	monthly rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1929	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Arapaho, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Confluence 1 NW, US	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Greeley, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Alexandria, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Schriever, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Hamburg, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Ft Morgan, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Curtis, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1929	Imperial, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	29 years	28 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1929. 1929 had 397 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	257
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1