Weather Records on 8 September 1930

156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1930. Highest significance: Ocala, US.

Key Facts for 8 September 1930

On 8 September 1930, 156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 152 daily.
Ocala set a daily record precipitation of 90.7 mm (3.6 in) on 8 September 1930.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

156 stations

156 station records on 8 September 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thackaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renova	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

156 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 82.

Records on 8 September 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1930 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 152.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1930

Top 20 records on 8 September 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1930	Ocala, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1930	Perryville, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1930	Loup City, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1930	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1930	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1930	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1930	Gravette, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1930	Verhojansk, RU	all-time rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Lexington, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Louisburg, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Prince Albert, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1930	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	20 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1930. 1930 had 156 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	106
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	3