Weather Records on 8 September 1949

765 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1949. Highest significance: Hawker, AU.

Key Facts for 8 September 1949

On 8 September 1949, 765 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 748 daily.
Hawker set a daily record precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 8 September 1949.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

765 stations

765 station records on 8 September 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kingoonya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Government Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wapweelah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Eba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hookina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
G. Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prairieview	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Commodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

765 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 418.

Records on 8 September 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	418
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1949

Top 20 records on 8 September 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1949	Hawker, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Kingoonya, AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Hawker (Wilson), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Woomera (Purple Downs), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Cradock, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Springfield Government Tank, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Nyngan (Canonbar), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Wapweelah, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Woudzicht, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Bunghill Tank, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Weilmoringle (Caringle), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Shepherds Creek, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1949	Mount Eba, AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	39 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1949. 1949 had 765 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	491
10 to 20	105
20 to 30	36
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1