Weather Records on 9 August 1981

941 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1981. Highest significance: Rhein Main, DE.

Key Facts for 9 August 1981

On 9 August 1981, 941 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
425 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 43 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 851 daily.
Rhein Main set an all-time record daily precipitation of 109.7 mm (4.3 in) on 9 August 1981.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

941 stations

941 station records on 9 August 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rhein Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Brotterode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schmalkalden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lorch/Rhein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waldhauser (National Park)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostaskov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shelton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alibek	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St John A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

941 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 9 August 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1981 by timescale: all-time 43, monthly 47, daily 851.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

760 broken records

Margins by which the 760 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1981

Top 20 records on 9 August 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1981	Rhein Main, DE	all-time rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1981	Waldems-Reinborn, DE	all-time rain	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1981	Brotterode, DE	all-time rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1981	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	all-time rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1981	Fada N'Gourma, BF	all-time rain	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1981	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1981	Sagaredzo, GE	daily rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Brule Island, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Ust Tzilma, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Warrenton, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Uhta, RU	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Schmalkalden, DE	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Seattle UNIV of Washin, US	all-time high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Geisenheim, DE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Mallersdorf/Niederbayern, DE	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Bad Ems, DE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1981	Limburg/Lahn-Offheim, DE	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	44 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

1798 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1981. 1981 had 941 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	720
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1