Weather Records on 9 August 1992

1,699 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1992. Highest significance: Yuna, AU.

Key Facts for 9 August 1992

On 9 August 1992, 1,699 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
941 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 122 were all-time records, 174 monthly and 1,403 daily.
Yuna set a daily record precipitation of 46.8 mm (1.8 in) on 9 August 1992.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,699 stations

1,699 station records on 9 August 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Top Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meeberrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Muggon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
South Holmwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Raudal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Las Minas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pindawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarragadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tours	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino Lagunas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tardun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milmocundin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jever	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,699 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 477, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 464, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 518.

Records on 9 August 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	477
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	464
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	518
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1992 by timescale: all-time 122, monthly 174, daily 1,403.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,464 broken records

Margins by which the 1,464 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1992

Top 20 records on 9 August 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1992	Yuna, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1992	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1992	Ninghan Station, AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1992	Top Well, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1992	Eradu, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1992	Meeberrie, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Muggon, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Canna, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Zundert, NL	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Lajas Substn, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Isseka, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	New Bedford Coop, US	all-time rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Twin Peaks, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Magdeburg, DE	all-time high max	37.9 C (100.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Rinconada, MX	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1992	Yandanooka, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	52 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1992. 1992 had 1,699 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1992-08-09: 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	1,397
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1