Weather Records on 26 September 1987

911 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1987. Highest significance: Cofimvaba (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 September 1987

On 26 September 1987, 911 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 852 daily.
Cofimvaba (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 26 September 1987.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

911 stations

911 station records on 26 September 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Glen Eland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Lucia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rhenostervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oliphantspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Frasers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cegcuana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Concepcion de la Norma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Borns (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhurst Est, Umzint	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uberlingen/Bodensee	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Urmi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beeldhouersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

911 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 455, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 September 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	455
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1987 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 56, daily 852.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

755 broken records

Margins by which the 755 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1987

Top 20 records on 26 September 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1987	Cofimvaba (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Glen Eland, ZA	all-time rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	monthly rain	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal", ZA	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Kubusie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Mill Holme, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Etwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Sawoti, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1987	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1987	Cezu (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1987	Cape St. Lucia, ZA	monthly rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1987	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1987	The Grange, Umzimkul, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1987	Dohne, ZA	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1987	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	all-time rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1987	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high max	24.8 C (76.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	96 years	55 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

1812 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1987. 1987 had 911 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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	639
20 to 40	85
40 to 60	25
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1