Weather Records on 14 September 1986

716 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1986. Highest significance: Balliang East, AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 1986

On 14 September 1986, 716 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 298 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 710 daily.
Balliang East set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 14 September 1986.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

716 stations

716 station records on 14 September 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gavriila Buhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte de Lima	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kisa_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobhouse 23	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkopings_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holmbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vigo Peinador	Spain	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Overum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hoby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coscomatepec (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

716 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 288.

Records on 14 September 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 710.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 36.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1986

Top 20 records on 14 September 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1986	Balliang East, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Armour, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	The Meadows, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Meredith (Darra), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Gavriila Buhta, RU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Waialua 847, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Buhta Providenja, RU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Zamboanga, PH	daily low max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Oxford, GB	daily low max	9.9 C (49.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	18.7 C (65.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Anakie, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Tehachapi, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Hawarden, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Ponte de Lima, PT	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Canton, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1986	Hofmeyer (Mun), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	35 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1986. 1986 had 716 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 1986-09-14: 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 5	454
5 to 10	66
10 to 15	31
15 to 20	14
20 to 25	8
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1