Weather Records on 26 September 1991

1,110 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1991. Highest significance: Fraserburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 September 1991

On 26 September 1991, 1,110 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,069 daily.
Fraserburg set a daily record precipitation of 26.5 mm (1.0 in) on 26 September 1991.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 409 records.

Record Map

1,110 stations

1,110 station records on 26 September 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Korsberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Konigsmoor	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paulistrom	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prastkulla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holmbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hylletofta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ungsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ogestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Landskrona_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hyltan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hagshults_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malilla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nassjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Soderarm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Askeryd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte de Itabapoana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmshaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mooredale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Horda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fagerhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rorvik_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spinkabo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roodeschool	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dono	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Genevad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iconha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aurich	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungbyhed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mariedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Louisefred	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Cuiete-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delfzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,110 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 633.

Records on 26 September 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	633
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1991 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 1,069.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

923 broken records

Margins by which the 923 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1991

Top 20 records on 26 September 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1991	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1991	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1991	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1991	Gluckstadt, DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1991	Korsberga, SE	monthly rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1991	Konigsmoor, DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1991	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Aby, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Paulistrom, SE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Prastkulla, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Holmbo_D, SE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Middleboro, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Norderney, DE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Lowell, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Southbridge 3 SW, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Hylletofta, SE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Ungsberg, SE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Svinhult_D, SE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1991	Worpswede-Huttenbusch, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1991. 1991 had 1,110 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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Data for records on 1991-09-26: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 September 1991
Margin	Records
0 to 10	678
10 to 20	148
20 to 30	59
30 to 40	26
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	5