Weather Records on 21 September 2008

740 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 2008. Highest significance: Bareilly, IN.

Key Facts for 21 September 2008

On 21 September 2008, 740 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 726 daily.
Bareilly set a daily record precipitation of 206.0 mm (8.1 in) on 21 September 2008.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

740 stations

740 station records on 21 September 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haliut	China	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eumarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Intl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohhot	China	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Torrejon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Calera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miravalles	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Comatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izucar de Matamoros (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dworshak Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Batan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wudu	China	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Altamirano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Covelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yinchuan	China	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

740 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 21 September 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 September 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 726.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 2008

Top 20 records on 21 September 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 2008	Bareilly, IN	daily rain	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2008	Fortine 1 N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	98 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Potrerillos, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Rio Blanco Lower, PR	daily rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Uman, UA	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Haliut, CN	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Aguirre, PR	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Florence, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Chester, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Glasgow #2, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Arad, RO	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Sarajevo, BA	daily low max	9.2 C (48.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Pierce, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Gospic, HR	daily low max	9.6 C (49.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2008	Emmett 2 E, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 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

1805 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2008. 2008 had 740 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	588
2026	469

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Data for records on 2008-09-21: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	561
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1