Weather Records on 8 September 2011

1,554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 2011. Highest significance: Greene, US.

Key Facts for 8 September 2011

On 8 September 2011, 1,554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
338 were record highs and 940 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,496 daily.
Greene set an all-time record daily precipitation of 184.4 mm (7.3 in) on 8 September 2011.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,554 stations

1,554 station records on 8 September 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Chokurdah	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Owego 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aurora Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kitt Peak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shickshinny 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oaxtepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,554 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 398, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 542, Heaviest daily rainfall 276.

Records on 8 September 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	398
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	542
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 2011 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 45, daily 1,496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,197 broken records

Margins by which the 1,197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 2011

Top 20 records on 8 September 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 2011	Greene, US	all-time rain	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	71 years	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 September 2011	Myerstown, US	all-time rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 years	78 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Chokurdah, RU	monthly rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Waverly, US	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	6 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Little Falls City Rsch, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	81 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Conshohocken, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Ohotsk, RU	daily rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Towanda 1 S, US	all-time rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Norwich, US	monthly rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Owego 3 WSW, US	all-time rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Sunbury, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Susquehanna, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Addison, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	116 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Freeville 1 NE, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2011	Aurora Rsch Farm, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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

1802 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2011. 2011 had 1,554 records.

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

Records on 09-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1813	1
1814	2
1815	2
1833	1
1837	1
1845	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	2
1851	1
1854	1
1855	3
1857	1
1860	3
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	3
1883	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	10
1906	14
1907	7
1908	4
1909	7
1910	9
1911	20
1912	62
1913	19
1914	37
1915	32
1916	25
1917	166
1918	31
1919	240
1920	59
1921	299
1922	206
1923	116
1924	138
1925	232
1926	141
1927	177
1928	93
1929	397
1930	156
1931	480
1932	465
1933	728
1934	407
1935	353
1936	535
1937	222
1938	397
1939	547
1940	297
1941	477
1942	375
1943	488
1944	769
1945	423
1946	325
1947	586
1948	340
1949	765
1950	570
1951	389
1952	382
1953	324
1954	309
1955	481
1956	717
1957	427
1958	480
1959	667
1960	678
1961	351
1962	682
1963	378
1964	294
1965	472
1966	351
1967	380
1968	308
1969	556
1970	582
1971	704
1972	523
1973	873
1974	626
1975	564
1976	639
1977	726
1978	1,165
1979	813
1980	739
1981	854
1982	605
1983	1,154
1984	1,123
1985	1,492
1986	1,203
1987	880
1988	856
1989	648
1990	747
1991	806
1992	869
1993	783
1994	704
1995	1,324
1996	609
1997	892
1998	1,331
1999	1,196
2000	981
2001	1,643
2002	1,238
2003	819
2004	1,576
2005	1,015
2006	850
2007	1,112
2008	878
2009	832
2010	1,143
2011	1,554
2012	813
2013	831
2014	515
2015	728
2016	951
2017	978
2018	724
2019	903
2020	1,952
2021	1,080
2022	1,567
2023	1,242
2024	1,336
2025	707
2026	699

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,100
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	30
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4