Weather Records on 26 September 1982

1,042 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1982. Highest significance: Cottonwood Weir, US.

Key Facts for 26 September 1982

On 26 September 1982, 1,042 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
401 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 999 daily.
Cottonwood Weir set an all-time record daily precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 26 September 1982.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

1,042 stations

1,042 station records on 26 September 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jenner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bear River Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arrowhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balch Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Park Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bisbee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dugway	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,042 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 277, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 453, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 September 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	277
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	453
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 September 1982 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 39, daily 999.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

894 broken records

Margins by which the 894 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1982

Top 20 records on 26 September 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1982	Cottonwood Weir, US	all-time rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1982	Ely AP, US	all-time rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1982	Evanston 1 E, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1982	Brooks Ahrc, CA	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1982	Grantsville 2W, US	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1982	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1982	Jenner, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Bear River Refuge, US	all-time rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Foremost, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Montello 2NE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Milford, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Mariposa, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Birobidzhan, RU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Lake Arrowhead, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Black Rock, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Laketown, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Huntington Lake, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1982	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	52 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

1812 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1982. 1982 had 1,042 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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	827
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3