Weather Records on 28 September 1992

643 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1992. Highest significance: McKinley Park, US.

Key Facts for 28 September 1992

On 28 September 1992, 643 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 235 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 615 daily.
McKinley Park set a daily record snow depth of 58.4 cm (23.0 in) on 28 September 1992.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

643 stations

643 station records on 28 September 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Northway AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Do Pilar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	417.8 mm (16.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Do Ibitipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loche	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cataguases	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Tomas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Areal (Granja Gabi)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Queluz (Centro Saude)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nhangapi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tours	France	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamounier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Torreoes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mogi-Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Godfrey 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Do Rio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Pirai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manuel Duarte (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fagundes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nuevo Rosarito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tlapa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte de Itabapoana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dusseldorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

643 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 28 September 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 28 September 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1992

Top 20 records on 28 September 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1992	McKinley Park, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Northway AP, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	The Warriups, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Big Delta AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Morro Do Pilar, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Usina Brumado, BR	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Genoa, IT	all-time rain	417.8 mm (16.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Conceicao Do Ibitipoca, BR	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Keflavik, IS	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Gulkana AP, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	monthly low min	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Loche, MX	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Cataguases, BR	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Santo Tomas (Cfe), MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Covington, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Areal (Granja Gabi), BR	monthly rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Ibia, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Queluz (Centro Saude), BR	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1992	Nhangapi, BR	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	38 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

1794 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1992. 1992 had 643 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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 100	481
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1