Weather Records on 8 September 2023

1,242 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 2023. Highest significance: Clyde Lock 26, US.

Key Facts for 8 September 2023

On 8 September 2023, 1,242 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,101 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 91 monthly and 1,151 daily.
Clyde Lock 26 set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 8 September 2023.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,242 stations

1,242 station records on 8 September 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chiba	Japan	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cjulbju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tateyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dyce	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
College STN Easterwood Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Vankarem	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,242 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 729, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 372, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 80.

Records on 8 September 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	729
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	372
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 91, daily 1,151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,034 broken records

Margins by which the 1,034 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 2023

Top 20 records on 8 September 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 2023	Clyde Lock 26, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2023	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 September 2023	Chiba, JP	daily rain	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Macau Intl, MO	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Stornoway Airport, GB	monthly high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	143 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Wisley, GB	monthly high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Cjulbju, RU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	127 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Rothamsted, GB	daily high max	30.9 C (87.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Eastbourne, GB	monthly high max	28.2 C (82.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Hemlock, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Danevang 1 W, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	120 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Sugar Land, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	123 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Imlay, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Tateyama, JP	daily rain	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Oxford, GB	daily high max	31.4 C (88.5 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Wick, GB	daily high max	23.2 C (73.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 2023	Albany, US	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	47 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2023. 2023 had 1,242 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	1,018
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1