Weather Records on 13 September 1985

852 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1985. Highest significance: Murtoa, AU.

Key Facts for 13 September 1985

On 13 September 1985, 852 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 494 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 841 daily.
Murtoa set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 13 September 1985.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

852 stations

852 station records on 13 September 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Einbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lepel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lipan 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winside	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jiexiu	China	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barneston	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pickstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

852 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 206, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 288, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 September 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	206
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	288
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 841.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1985

Top 20 records on 13 September 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1985	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1985	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1985	Aurora, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1985	Claude, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Syracuse, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Einbeck, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Snowball, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Lepel, BY	all-time rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Mullheim, DE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	York, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Osceola, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Trenton Dam 1N, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Palisade, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Schallstadt-Mengen, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1985	Bradshaw, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	44 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 852 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	525
2013	966
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	946
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	489
2026	880

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 September 1985
Margin	Records
0 to 10	539
10 to 20	64
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	4