Weather Records on 16 September 1930

235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1930. Highest significance: Kalmar_D, SE.

Key Facts for 16 September 1930

On 16 September 1930, 235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 228 daily.
Kalmar_D set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 16 September 1930.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

235 stations

235 station records on 16 September 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mc Intosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

235 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 66.

Records on 16 September 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1930 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1930

Top 20 records on 16 September 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1930	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1930	Godegard, SE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1930	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1930	Orebro, SE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1930	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1930	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1930	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1930	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Mohonk Lake, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low min	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Tashkent, UZ	daily low max	18.4 C (65.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Elatma, RU	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Sydney, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Wappingers Falls, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1930	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	3 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1930. 1930 had 235 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 10	152
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1