Weather Records on 12 September 1982

993 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1982. Highest significance: Lusikisiki (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 12 September 1982

On 12 September 1982, 993 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 318 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 944 daily.
Lusikisiki (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 12 September 1982.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

993 stations

993 station records on 12 September 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Birsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alapajevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ruy Barbosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	262.5 mm (10.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mermentau	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	282.0 mm (11.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoufimsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fukushima Arpt	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Samary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	167.5 mm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs 7SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	301.5 mm (11.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sengilej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kungur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Artemovsky	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

993 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 240, Highest daily minimum 207, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 12 September 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	240
Highest daily minimum	207
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1982 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 39, daily 944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

773 broken records

Margins by which the 773 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1982

Top 20 records on 12 September 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1982	Lusikisiki (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1982	Greenville, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1982	Kofu, JP	monthly rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1982	Blair, US	all-time rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1982	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Merriman, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Nitta Yuma, US	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Birsk, RU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Tallulah, US	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Rhinelander, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Alapajevsk, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Moorhead, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Ruy Barbosa, BR	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Takada, JP	daily rain	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Omaezaki, JP	daily rain	262.5 mm (10.3 in)	199.5 mm (7.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Juzhno-Sahalinsk, RU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1982	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	51 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 993 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 50	749
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1