Weather Records on 28 September 1981

752 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1981. Highest significance: Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE.

Key Facts for 28 September 1981

On 28 September 1981, 752 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 716 daily.
Doberlug-Kirchhain set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 28 September 1981.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

752 stations

752 station records on 28 September 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mehringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Genthin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaltennordheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neustrelitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dachwig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juterbog	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwangau-Horn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oy-Mittelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Ansbach Weidenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wornitz-Bottenweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

752 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 September 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 September 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1981

Top 20 records on 28 September 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1981	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1981	Teterow, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1981	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1981	Waren, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Ukiah, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	119 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Timber Creek Police, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser, DE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Harzgerode, DE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Bad Kissingen, DE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Konstanz, DE	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Mehringen, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Sondershausen, DE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Erfurt-Bindersleben, DE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Krumbach-Edenhausen, DE	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1981	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	7 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

1794 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 752 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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Data for records on 1981-09-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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	601
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1