Weather Records on 8 September 1975

564 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1975. Highest significance: Irvinebank, AU.

Key Facts for 8 September 1975

On 8 September 1975, 564 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 535 daily.
Irvinebank set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 8 September 1975.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

564 stations

564 station records on 8 September 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dimbulah Brickley St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Cleveland Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wyberba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverdale 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Entrance (Eloora Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mondy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

564 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 September 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 535.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1975

Top 20 records on 8 September 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1975	Irvinebank, AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1975	Herberton White St, AU	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1975	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1975	Ayton, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1975	Dimbulah Brickley St, AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1975	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1975	Vine Creek, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1975	Cape Cleveland Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Julatten, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Townsville Aero, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Kairi Research Station, AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Steigen, NO	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1975	Mount Molloy Post Office, AU	monthly rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	64 years	48 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1975. 1975 had 564 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	346
10 to 20	61
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	13
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2