Weather Records on 8 September 1931

480 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1931. Highest significance: Pitea, SE.

Key Facts for 8 September 1931

On 8 September 1931, 480 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 422 daily.
Pitea set a daily record precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 8 September 1931.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

480 stations

480 station records on 8 September 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

480 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 September 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 September 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 57, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1931

Top 20 records on 8 September 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1931	Pitea, SE	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1931	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1931	Yercaud, IN	monthly rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1931	Tarabganj, IN	daily rain	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1931	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1931	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1931	Oxford, GB	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1931	Uccle, BE	daily low min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1931	Faizabad, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Mahabalipuram Obsy, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Galway, IE	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Malur, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Gurjala(Gurujala), IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Mangalgiri, IN	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Atraula, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Maharajganj, IN	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Pokegama Dam, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1931	Farmington, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	9 years	26 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1931. 1931 had 480 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	342
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1