Weather Records on 26 September 1983

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1983. Highest significance: Betanga, AU.

Key Facts for 26 September 1983

On 26 September 1983, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 529 daily.
Betanga set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 26 September 1983.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 26 September 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Betanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lindeman Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ex Hacienda San Diego	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tavira	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aklavik A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sabetha Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tianshui	China	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tlatlauquitepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minchumina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McGrath AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jacinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 26 September 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 26 September 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1983

Top 20 records on 26 September 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1983	Betanga, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	83 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1983	Lindeman Island Resort, AU	monthly rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1983	Sunnyside, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1983	Booroondarra, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Metapa de Dominguez, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Tinnenburra, AU	monthly rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Eagle, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Ex Hacienda San Diego, MX	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Tavira, PT	daily high max	37.5 C (99.5 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Eagle, US	monthly low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Aklavik A, CA	monthly low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Fort Macleod, CA	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Kasilof 3 NW, US	monthly low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1983	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily high max	41.9 C (107.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	72 years	35 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1983. 1983 had 565 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 10	392
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4