Weather Records on 21 September 1992

752 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 1992. Highest significance: Greenville 6 N, US.

Key Facts for 21 September 1992

On 21 September 1992, 752 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 727 daily.
Greenville 6 N set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 21 September 1992.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

752 stations

752 station records on 21 September 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Northway AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moyale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Purdue UNIV AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gourdon	France	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loche	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wiscoy 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Mawgan	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arzgir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yabucoa 3 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McGrath AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

752 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 21 September 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 21 September 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 727.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 1992

Top 20 records on 21 September 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 1992	Greenville 6 N, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Northway AP, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Moyale, KE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Lafayette Purdue UNIV AP, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Thomas River, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Whitestown, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Slippery Rock 1 SSW, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Eucla, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	McKinley Park, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Alfred, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Gourdon, FR	daily rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Linden, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Eagle, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Pandora, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Dansville, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Attu, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1992	Bradford Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	43 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

1805 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1992. 1992 had 752 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	588
2026	469

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	545
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1