Weather Records on 1 September 2008

1,204 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 2008. Highest significance: Pine Grove Fire Twr, US.

Key Facts for 1 September 2008

On 1 September 2008, 1,204 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
452 were record highs and 381 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 1,132 daily.
Pine Grove Fire Twr set a daily record precipitation of 137.7 mm (5.4 in) on 1 September 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,204 stations

1,204 station records on 1 September 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sula 2 SE (Sula Rs)	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Galata 16 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mezcala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jensen	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mama	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pingine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pechora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Afyon	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bienville 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cochiti Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Londo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,204 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 225, Highest daily minimum 322, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 September 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	225
Highest daily minimum	322
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 2008 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 64, daily 1,132.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

915 broken records

Margins by which the 915 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 2008

Top 20 records on 1 September 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 2008	Pine Grove Fire Twr, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2008	Rowena (Bunna Bunna), AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2008	Alta, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2008	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2008	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2008	Wisdom, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2008	Conrad, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Sula 2 SE (Sula Rs), US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Provo Byu, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Galata 16 SW, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Mezcala, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Jensen, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Ellendale, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Live Oak, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Port of Morgan, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Monroe, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Chester, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2008	Mama, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	49 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

1797 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2008. 2008 had 1,204 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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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	879
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1