Weather Records on 8 September 1990

747 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1990. Highest significance: Lima Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 8 September 1990

On 8 September 1990, 747 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
467 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 709 daily.
Lima Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 8 September 1990.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

747 stations

747 station records on 8 September 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nelkan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Multra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hjalta_Kraftverk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akroken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ange-Parteboda D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yugarenok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dengqen	China	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Getafe	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naggen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loma Fina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cekunda	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid/Cuatrovientos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Green Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Boa Esperanca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

747 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 239, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 208.

Records on 8 September 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	239
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1990

Top 20 records on 8 September 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1990	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1990	Hissar, IN	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1990	Forse, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Arcadia, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Nelkan, RU	monthly rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Lovsta, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Multra, SE	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Hjalta_Kraftverk, SE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Akroken, SE	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Olekminsk, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Ust-Maja, RU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Ange-Parteboda D, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Yugarenok, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Kelly Rch, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Dwtn Charleston, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Jefferson, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Elkton, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Dengqen, CN	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1990	Isit, RU	monthly rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 years	41 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1990. 1990 had 747 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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Data for records on 1990-09-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	508
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1