Weather Records on 8 September 1941

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1941. Highest significance: Waverly, US.

Key Facts for 8 September 1941

On 8 September 1941, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 454 daily.
Waverly set an all-time record daily precipitation of 133.9 mm (5.3 in) on 8 September 1941.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 8 September 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 2 28.7	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katra	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 September 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 September 1941 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 16, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

380 broken records

Margins by which the 380 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 163.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1941

Top 20 records on 8 September 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1941	Waverly, US	all-time rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1941	Delaware 3 WSW, US	all-time rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Hampton, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	all-time rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Mason City, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Mott, US	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Beloit, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Cheesman, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Kealakekua 2 28.7, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Gladwin, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Cedar Rapids 2, US	daily rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Armagh, GB	daily high min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1941	Grand Rapids Wb City, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1941. 1941 had 477 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 25	333
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1