Weather Records on 27 September 1985

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1985. Highest significance: Baltimore Customs House, US.

Key Facts for 27 September 1985

On 27 September 1985, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 607 daily.
Baltimore Customs House set a daily record precipitation of 117.1 mm (4.6 in) on 27 September 1985.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 27 September 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Kemoo Camp 8 855	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kresgeville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paupack 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Devault 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manorkill	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lewes	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Honesdale 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 27 September 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 27 September 1985 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 39, daily 607.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1985

Top 20 records on 27 September 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1985	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 September 1985	Port Jervis, US	monthly rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	91 years	79 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1985	Kemoo Camp 8 855, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1985	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP, US	all-time rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1985	E Stroudsburg, US	monthly rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1985	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1985	Hamburg, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1985	Holland 1 E, US	all-time rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1985	Salisbury, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1985	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Hollisterville, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Kresgeville 2 W, US	all-time rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Bezenchuk, RU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	La Plata 1 W, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Susquehanna, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Woodstock, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Morrisville 6 SW, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1985	Hopewell, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	56 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

1799 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1985. 1985 had 661 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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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 20	406
20 to 40	73
40 to 60	50
60 to 80	20
80 to 100	8
100 to 120	9
120 to 140	2