Weather Records on 8 September 2021

1,080 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 2021. Highest significance: Sretensk, RU.

Key Facts for 8 September 2021

On 8 September 2021, 1,080 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
991 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,059 daily.
Sretensk set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 8 September 2021.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,080 stations

1,080 station records on 8 September 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	102.7 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smola - Moldstad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atakpane	Togo	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Connaught	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Landvik	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reno AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,080 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 642, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 349, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 50.

Records on 8 September 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	642
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	349
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 1,059.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

915 broken records

Margins by which the 915 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 2021

Top 20 records on 8 September 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 2021	Sretensk, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Hustadvatn, NO	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Progreso, MX	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Eide Pa Nordmore, NO	daily rain	102.7 mm (4.0 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	127 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Kaneohe Bay MCAS, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Orly, FR	daily high max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Oakley, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Woodruff, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	24.6 C (76.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	127 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Vardoe, NO	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	120 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Beowawe, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Bend, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Castle Dale, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	129 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	39.5 C (103.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2021	Surat, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	41 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

1802 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2021. 2021 had 1,080 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 2026-10-17 (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	896
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	3