Weather Records on 8 September 1952

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1952. Highest significance: Pondilafa, IN.

Key Facts for 8 September 1952

On 8 September 1952, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 236 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 374 daily.
Pondilafa set a daily record precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 8 September 1952.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

382 stations

382 station records on 8 September 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pondilafa	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Banchory Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anketell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 167, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 September 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	167
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 September 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1952

Top 20 records on 8 September 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1952	Pondilafa, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1952	Hvar, HR	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1952	Irapuato, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1952	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1952	Oxford, GB	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1952	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Bancroft, CA	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Whitehead, CA	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Lindsay, CA	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Old Banchory Station, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily low min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Husum, DE	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Ranchi, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1952	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	25 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1952. 1952 had 382 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	272
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2