Weather Records on 14 September 1985

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1985. Highest significance: Condobolin Retirement Village, AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 1985

On 14 September 1985, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 456 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 728 daily.
Condobolin Retirement Village set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.6 mm (2.5 in) on 14 September 1985.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

736 stations

736 station records on 14 September 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goedehoop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Diredawa	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indlunkulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silverdales	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koumac (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record daily precipitation	867.0 mm (34.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 176, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 280, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 14 September 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	176
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	280
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 488.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1985

Top 20 records on 14 September 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1985	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	monthly rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1985	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1985	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1985	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Bogucar, RU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Bettles AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Tambo Crossing, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Talkeetna AP, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Black Mountain, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Canovanas, PR	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Dohne, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Snyder, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Hewitt, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Rainbow, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Goedehoop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Anderson, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Ensay, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Diredawa, ET	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Indlunkulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1985	Lexington, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	83 years	40 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

1814 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1985. 1985 had 736 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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Data for records on 1985-09-14: 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 100	560
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1