Weather Records on 8 September 1981

854 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1981. Highest significance: Richmond, CA.

Key Facts for 8 September 1981

On 8 September 1981, 854 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
368 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 832 daily.
Richmond set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 8 September 1981.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

854 stations

854 station records on 8 September 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Richmond	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tugulym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bge C Lac Chateauvert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kreis Biberach Altheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dwellingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Siping	China	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tongliao	China	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Mervyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Casas Grandes (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westchester Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dwaleni	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Otter Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bergen Op Zoom	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

854 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 244, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 338.

Records on 8 September 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	244
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 832.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

727 broken records

Margins by which the 727 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1981

Top 20 records on 8 September 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1981	Richmond, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Tugulym, RU	monthly rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Weihenstephan-Durnast, DE	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Kapelle, NL	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Pecos, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Florisbad, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Socorro, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Harvey Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Bge C Lac Chateauvert, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Ft Green 12 WSW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Griffiss AFB, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Kreis Biberach Altheim, DE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Tuzantla (Smn), MX	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Mandurah Park, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l, CA	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Dwellingup, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Barrage Gouin, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1981	Siping, CN	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	40 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1981. 1981 had 854 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 2026-10-16 (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	688
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1