Weather Records on 17 September 2008

886 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 2008. Highest significance: Stykkisholmur, IS.

Key Facts for 17 September 2008

On 17 September 2008, 886 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 608 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 867 daily.
Stykkisholmur set an all-time record daily precipitation of 68.0 mm (2.7 in) on 17 September 2008.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

886 stations

886 station records on 17 September 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blasillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Peyotan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Judoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nelkan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Fiscal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coatepec Harinas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plan Lago de Texcoco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Behtery	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E.T.A. 040 Amacuzac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tepames (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uakit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nachiki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gao	Mali	Record low maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acatitan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Barretal I	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neuhaus Am Rennweg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schmucke	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walters	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tepetlapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

886 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 361, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 247, Heaviest daily rainfall 93.

Records on 17 September 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	361
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	247
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

684 broken records

Margins by which the 684 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 2008

Top 20 records on 17 September 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 2008	Stykkisholmur, IS	all-time rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Blasillo, MX	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	San Juan Peyotan, MX	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Potrerillos, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Reykjavik, IS	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Vacoas (Mauritius), MU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Ust-Judoma, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Adin Rs, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Nelkan, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	El Fiscal, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Florence, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Chapala, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Coatepec Harinas, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Schierke, DE	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Plan Lago de Texcoco, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Behtery, UA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2008	Mt Holly 4 NE, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	88 years	39 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

1796 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2008. 2008 had 886 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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	665
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1