Weather Records on 16 September 1984

898 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1984. Highest significance: Cape Borda Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1984

On 16 September 1984, 898 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 542 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 886 daily.
Cape Borda Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 31.6 mm (1.2 in) on 16 September 1984.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

898 stations

898 station records on 16 September 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Glendambo (Millers Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boca del Cerro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thoreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Kanyaka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schenectady	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muhldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coyame (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tlatlauquitepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schwangau-Horn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Centenario	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

898 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 262, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 280, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 September 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	262
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	280
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 September 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 886.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1984

Top 20 records on 16 September 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1984	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1984	Glendambo (Millers Creek), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Montrose #2, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Boca del Cerro, MX	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Saentis, CH	daily rain	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Brownsville, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Brunswick, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Thoreau, US	all-time rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Tabou, CI	monthly high max	31.4 C (88.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Ixmiquilpan (Smn), MX	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Presa Taxhimay, MX	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Hawker (Wilson), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1984	Juchitan de Zaragoza, MX	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	36 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1984. 1984 had 898 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1984-09-16: 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 2026-10-17 (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	642
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1