Weather Records on 23 September 1985

924 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 1985. Highest significance: Ravensthorpe, AU.

Key Facts for 23 September 1985

On 23 September 1985, 924 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 331 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 915 daily.
Ravensthorpe set a daily record precipitation of 41.6 mm (1.6 in) on 23 September 1985.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

924 stations

924 station records on 23 September 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa Tun 2 716	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorya Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pauoa Flats 784	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jiexiu	China	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nunkeri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cashton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carmo Do Cajuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

924 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 209, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 23 September 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	209
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 23 September 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 915.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

746 broken records

Margins by which the 746 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 1985

Top 20 records on 23 September 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 1985	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 September 1985	Merrill, US	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Scaddan Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Manoa Tun 2 716, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Salmon Gums, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Salmon Gums Res.STN., AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Bogucar, RU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Madeline Is, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Jingdezhen, CN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Saucier Exp Forest, US	daily rain	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Gorya Valley, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Chatom, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Toledo 3N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1985	Pauoa Flats 784, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	116.9 mm (4.6 in)	12 years	46 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 924 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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 25	689
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1