Weather Records on 8 September 2001

1,643 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 2001. Highest significance: Olands Sodra Udde, SE.

Key Facts for 8 September 2001

On 8 September 2001, 1,643 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
526 were record highs and 423 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,596 daily.
Olands Sodra Udde set an all-time record daily precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 8 September 2001.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,643 stations

1,643 station records on 8 September 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Oloj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Segerstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Salvador El Seco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alushta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tvingelshed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hejnum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clintonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hindmarsh Valley (Fernbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Svityaz'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dorchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,643 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 187, Lowest daily maximum 218, Highest daily minimum 339, Lowest daily minimum 205, Heaviest daily rainfall 661, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 September 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	187
Lowest daily maximum	218
Highest daily minimum	339
Lowest daily minimum	205
Heaviest daily rainfall	661
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 September 2001 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 44, daily 1,596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,298 broken records

Margins by which the 1,298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 2001

Top 20 records on 8 September 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 2001	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	all-time rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 September 2001	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2001	Eaton, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2001	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2001	Climax, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	106 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2001	Harrogate, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Ust-Oloj, RU	monthly rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Ada, SE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Caledonia, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Darke Peak, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Elliston, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Komstorp, SE	monthly rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Houston, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Kempten, DE	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Dillon 1 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Boone, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Segerstad, SE	all-time rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Decorah, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2001	Perry, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	53 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2001. 2001 had 1,643 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 50	1,266
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1