Weather Records on 8 September 1979

813 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1979. Highest significance: Utuado, PR.

Key Facts for 8 September 1979

On 8 September 1979, 813 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
440 were record highs and 247 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 784 daily.
Utuado set a daily record low maximum temperature of 26.1 C (79.0 F) on 8 September 1979.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

813 stations

813 station records on 8 September 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Xicotepec de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tillamook	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapulco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

813 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 293, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 8 September 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	293
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1979 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

575 broken records

Margins by which the 575 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1979

Top 20 records on 8 September 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1979	Utuado, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Xicotepec de Juarez, MX	daily rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	128.1 mm (5.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Huauchinango, MX	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Lewistown AP, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Welland, CA	daily low max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Francis, CA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Ocotlan de Morelos, MX	monthly rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Baldwin, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Coloso, PR	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Laporte, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Grayling, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Choteau, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Tillamook, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Forks 1 E, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Willapa Harbor, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1979	Wray, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1979	Ft Benton, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1979	Livingston, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1979. 1979 had 813 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 20	558
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1