Weather Records on 15 September 1928

86 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 1928. Highest significance: Setif, DZ.

Key Facts for 15 September 1928

On 15 September 1928, 86 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 84 daily.
Setif set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 15 September 1928.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

86 stations

86 station records on 15 September 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Scott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Renova	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

86 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 23.

Records on 15 September 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 September 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 84.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

66 broken records

Margins by which the 66 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 1928

Top 20 records on 15 September 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 1928	Setif, DZ	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1928	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Oakland, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Bajramaly, TM	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Constantine, DZ	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	American River, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily rain	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Amenia, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Espanola, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Quesnel, CA	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Espanola, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	38 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Lowell, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1928	Curtis, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	15 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

1797 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1928. 1928 had 86 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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 5	53
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1