Weather Records on 30 September 2008

585 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 September 2008. Highest significance: Nalut, LY.

Key Facts for 30 September 2008

On 30 September 2008, 585 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 548 daily.
Nalut set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 30 September 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

585 stations

585 station records on 30 September 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 September 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nalut	Libya	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Uelzen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Penang Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tizimin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nijkerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Las Alazanas (Smn	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benito Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perrine 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stavoren_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nienburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Las Alazanas (Smn	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vicente Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kreileroord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Diepholz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ternaard	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hengelo (O)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neuhaus Am Rennweg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sankt Peter-Ording	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spakenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	157.8 mm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sneek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ganado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Golondrinas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Assen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lettele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Giethoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vaals	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grosser Arber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osnabruck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

585 records

Records set or tied on 30 September 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 September 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 September 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 548.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 September 2008

Top 20 records on 30 September 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 September 2008	Nalut, LY	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	77 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2008	Wolfsburg (Sudwest), DE	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2008	Uelzen, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2008	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2008	Penang Intl, MY	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Tizimin, MX	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	La Belle, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Palenque (Dge), MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Nijkerk, NL	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Hitoyoshi, JP	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	San Antonio Las Alazanas (Smn, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13.3 C (23.9 F)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Erfde, DE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Teuschnitz, DE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Benito Juarez, MX	daily rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Daniel Z Romualdez, PH	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Perrine 4W, US	daily rain	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Dayton 1 WSW, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 2008	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	44 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

1806 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2008. 2008 had 585 records.

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

Records on 09-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1813	1
1817	1
1819	2
1834	1
1841	1
1842	1
1847	1
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1868	2
1869	3
1870	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	5
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	8
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	4
1901	11
1902	7
1903	9
1904	14
1905	25
1906	14
1907	16
1908	18
1909	10
1910	5
1911	47
1912	47
1913	10
1914	33
1915	84
1916	209
1917	19
1918	45
1919	28
1920	71
1921	61
1922	71
1923	183
1924	243
1925	211
1926	194
1927	486
1928	560
1929	181
1930	110
1931	225
1932	363
1933	437
1934	398
1935	209
1936	432
1937	417
1938	428
1939	371
1940	316
1941	482
1942	405
1943	404
1944	369
1945	889
1946	320
1947	433
1948	267
1949	366
1950	731
1951	597
1952	504
1953	1,136
1954	1,059
1955	406
1956	350
1957	663
1958	442
1959	1,159
1960	161
1961	618
1962	202
1963	818
1964	332
1965	459
1966	592
1967	859
1968	449
1969	465
1970	334
1971	1,359
1972	676
1973	407
1974	742
1975	686
1976	775
1977	870
1978	399
1979	479
1980	832
1981	688
1982	806
1983	1,102
1984	1,267
1985	1,892
1986	1,805
1987	649
1988	453
1989	713
1990	665
1991	949
1992	980
1993	988
1994	816
1995	1,061
1996	1,396
1997	729
1998	1,206
1999	1,144
2000	887
2001	699
2002	677
2003	1,079
2004	573
2005	761
2006	617
2007	841
2008	585
2009	826
2010	1,059
2011	1,258
2012	637
2013	634
2014	529
2015	997
2016	746
2017	404
2018	717
2019	2,192
2020	554
2021	823
2022	563
2023	1,012
2024	948
2025	559
2026	529

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Data for records on 2008-09-30: 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 20	415
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1