Weather Records on 16 September 1982

863 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1982. Highest significance: Sable Island, CA.

Key Facts for 16 September 1982

On 16 September 1982, 863 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 256 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 839 daily.
Sable Island set a daily record precipitation of 69.2 mm (2.7 in) on 16 September 1982.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

863 stations

863 station records on 16 September 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alhandra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jigalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fiddletown Dexter Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Rio Colorado (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kolezma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mould Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ujaly	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

863 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 194, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 360, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 September 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	194
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 September 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 839.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1982

Top 20 records on 16 September 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1982	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1982	Woodland 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1982	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1982	Turkmen-Bashi, TM	monthly rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Alhandra, BR	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Jigalong, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Los Reyes, MX	monthly rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Sierraville Rs, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Jarrahdale, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Nanning, CN	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Armagh, GB	daily high max	23.2 C (73.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	124 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Fiddletown Dexter Rch, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Pecos Nm, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Armagh, GB	daily high min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	124 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Oakland, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Chelsea, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1982	Bethlehem, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	39 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 863 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	689
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2