Weather Records on 16 September 1976

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1976. Highest significance: Warsaw 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1976

On 16 September 1976, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 849 daily.
Warsaw 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 101.9 mm (4.0 in) on 16 September 1976.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 16 September 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Do Licinio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ibertioga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pechora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iramuco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rockfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria de Itabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cravinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estevao Pinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arteaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lussanvira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Do Rio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Conquista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Rio Pardo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Hipolito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Firme	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Brejo Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 546, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 September 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	546
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 849.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1976

Top 20 records on 16 September 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1976	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1976	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1976	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1976	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1976	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Quinter, US	monthly rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Buckingham, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Hagerstown, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Ponte Do Licinio, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Solomons, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Ibertioga, BR	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	La Plata 1 W, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Budapest, HU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Pechora, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Puerto Madero, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Iramuco, MX	all-time rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Rockfish, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1976	Eppingen-Elsenz, DE	monthly rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	48 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

1793 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 878 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	641
20 to 40	103
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2