Weather Records on 8 September 1985

1,492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1985. Highest significance: Tallinn, EE.

Key Facts for 8 September 1985

On 8 September 1985, 1,492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
559 were record highs and 518 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 1,447 daily.
Tallinn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.5 mm (2.9 in) on 8 September 1985.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,492 stations

1,492 station records on 8 September 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	174.3 mm (6.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tulelake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baunt	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burney	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mary College	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Challenge Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canby 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jess Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ola 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,492 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 391, Highest daily minimum 393, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 September 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	391
Highest daily minimum	393
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 September 1985 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 41, daily 1,447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,139 broken records

Margins by which the 1,139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1985

Top 20 records on 8 September 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1985	Tallinn, EE	monthly rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	101 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 September 1985	Poronajsk, RU	all-time rain	174.3 mm (6.9 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1985	Paisley, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1985	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1985	Mineral, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1985	Reenen, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1985	Chester, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1985	De Sabla, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1985	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Middletown, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Oconomowoc Wwtp, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Bryant, US	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Canyon Dam, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Volta Ph, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Colgate Powerhouse, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Tulelake, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1985	Albion, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1985. 1985 had 1,492 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 20	1,060
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1