Weather Records on 8 September 1994

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1994. Highest significance: Kalmar_D, SE.

Key Facts for 8 September 1994

On 8 September 1994, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
281 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 686 daily.
Kalmar_D set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 8 September 1994.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 8 September 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Horby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Paulowna	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ovesholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skedemosse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akeboda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Helgoland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Botanisk Have	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Fasher	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Homutovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nybro-Slattingebygd D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburn 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Callantsoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grundsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zeitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Escuintla (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ystad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Dithmarschen Helse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portaceli	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schagen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tomelilla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hoby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Langhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 288.

Records on 8 September 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1994

Top 20 records on 8 September 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1994	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1994	Sandbackshult, SE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Bollerup, SE	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Horby, SE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	List/Sylt, DE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Petten, NL	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Anna Paulowna, NL	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Ovesholm, SE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Hassleholm, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Skedemosse, SE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Akeboda, SE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Helgoland, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Koebenhavn: Botanisk Have, DK	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Weddingstedt, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Hamar-Daban, RU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Erfde, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1994	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1994. 1994 had 704 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 10	453
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1