Weather Records on 15 September 2008

1,153 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 2008. Highest significance: Danevang 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 15 September 2008

On 15 September 2008, 1,153 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
423 were record highs and 458 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,116 daily.
Danevang 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 15 September 2008.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 409 records.

Record Map

1,153 stations

1,153 station records on 15 September 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ersov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moweaqua 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mier Y Noriega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rensselaer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alectown (Goonahra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Las Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Khon Kaen	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chicbul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bute: Rothesay	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tantizohuiche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Higo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,153 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 338, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 272.

Records on 15 September 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	338
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 September 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 1,116.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

896 broken records

Margins by which the 896 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 2008

Top 20 records on 15 September 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 2008	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	89 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2008	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2008	Zilair, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2008	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2008	Ersov, RU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2008	Eaton Rapids, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2008	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2008	Jasper, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Tomball, US	all-time rain	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Moweaqua 2S, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Mier Y Noriega (Smn), MX	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Rensselaer Wwtp, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Kalakan, RU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Sandusky, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Ft Davis, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Montgomery, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Alectown (Goonahra), AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Las Adjuntas, MX	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2008	Warsaw 2 NW, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	51 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 1,153 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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	804
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1