Weather Records on 8 September 1953

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1953. Highest significance: Guayama 1SW, PR.

Key Facts for 8 September 1953

On 8 September 1953, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 318 daily.
Guayama 1SW set a daily record precipitation of 210.8 mm (8.3 in) on 8 September 1953.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 8 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Churu	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaukuri	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ahiri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potkabari	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 74.

Records on 8 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

253 broken records

Margins by which the 253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1953

Top 20 records on 8 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1953	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	165.3 mm (6.5 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Churu, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Wien, AT	daily low min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Betul(Badnur), IN	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Kathgodam, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Maunabo, PR	monthly rain	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1953	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Chimur, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Mayaguez City, PR	daily low max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Southport, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Buzau, RO	daily low min	2.9 C (37.2 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1953	Skara 1, SE	daily high min	13.2 C (55.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	68 years	30 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1953. 1953 had 324 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	239
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1