Weather Records on 27 September 2008

659 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 2008. Highest significance: Myrup, AU.

Key Facts for 27 September 2008

On 27 September 2008, 659 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 608 daily.
Myrup set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 27 September 2008.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

659 stations

659 station records on 27 September 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Howick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
The Duke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Katta Barega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Downs Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lort River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kettle Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alsvag I Versteralen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans Farm North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oake Marsh Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen_Slettjord	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mjolkbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hakodate	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

659 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 27 September 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 51, daily 608.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

504 broken records

Margins by which the 504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 2008

Top 20 records on 27 September 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 2008	Myrup, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2008	Mount Howick, AU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2008	The Duke, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2008	Norseman, AU	monthly rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2008	Palenque (Dge), MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 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)
27 September 2008	Newburyport, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Telina Downs, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Katta Barega, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Esperance Downs Research STN, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Thomas River, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Lort River Station, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Salmon Gums, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Esperance Aero, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Kettle Falls, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Alsvag I Versteralen II, NO	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2008	Durham, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	106 years	46 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

1799 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2008. 2008 had 659 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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Data for records on 2008-09-27: 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	419
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1