Weather Records on 13 September 1928

253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1928. Highest significance: Mexico, US.

Key Facts for 13 September 1928

On 13 September 1928, 253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 248 daily.
Mexico set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 13 September 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

253 stations

253 station records on 13 September 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ganmain (Dullah Dullah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Glenrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rock View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

253 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 13 September 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 248.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1928

Top 20 records on 13 September 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1928	Mexico, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1928	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1928	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Unionville, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Nebraska City 1 NW, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Howard, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	45 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	St Joseph, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1928	Meadow Valley Rs, US	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 years	21 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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 253 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	185
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1