Weather Records on 9 August 2023

820 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 2023. Highest significance: Lawrence, US.

Key Facts for 9 August 2023

On 9 August 2023, 820 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
554 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 27 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 748 daily.
Lawrence set a daily record precipitation of 129.5 mm (5.1 in) on 9 August 2023.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

820 stations

820 station records on 9 August 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Encarnacion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Wyman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dome Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Matsue	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Motala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ristijarvi Mustavaara	Finland	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mora Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rangeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fushiki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	276.1 mm (10.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lieksa Lampela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Okayama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordstraum I Kvaenangen	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

820 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 234, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 320, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 134.

Records on 9 August 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	234
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	320
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 2023 by timescale: all-time 27, monthly 45, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

595 broken records

Margins by which the 595 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 2023

Top 20 records on 9 August 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 2023	Lawrence, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2023	Haverhill, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2023	Encarnacion, PY	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Luling, US	all-time high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Bingham Wyman Dam, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Hyannis, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Springfield, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Kingfield, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Dome Lake, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Tabou, CI	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Makurazaki, JP	daily rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Matsue, JP	all-time high min	30.1 C (86.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Newburyport, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Bhagalpur, IN	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Claflin, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Dyersburg Muni AP, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Motala, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2023	Malvern, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	138 years	48 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

1798 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2023. 2023 had 820 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

Download the Data

Data for records on 2023-08-09: 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	557
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2