Weather Records on 16 September 1993

1,542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1993. Highest significance: Denison (Wandocka State School, AU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1993

On 16 September 1993, 1,542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 889 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,487 daily.
Denison (Wandocka State School set an all-time record daily precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 16 September 1993.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 407 records.

Record Map

1,542 stations

1,542 station records on 16 September 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Denison (Wandocka State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Licola Rwc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cabbage Tree Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olsens Bridge (Morwell River P	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nijkerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spakenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dronten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pedricea	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Esbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roelofarendsveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzinskij Zapovednik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarsfield East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Point (Bonnie Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katrineholm_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Torntorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Club Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,542 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 555, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 334, Heaviest daily rainfall 404.

Records on 16 September 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	555
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	334
Heaviest daily rainfall	404
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 54, daily 1,487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,270 broken records

Margins by which the 1,270 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1993

Top 20 records on 16 September 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1993	Denison (Wandocka State School, AU	all-time rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 September 1993	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1993	Licola Rwc, AU	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1993	Seaspray (Burong), AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1993	Barguzin, RU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1993	Buchan, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1993	Ust-Barguzin, RU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1993	Madalya, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Maffra Forestry Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Erica, AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Gilze-Rijen_1, NL	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Yarram, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Glenmaggie Weir, AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	East Sale Airport, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Cabbage Tree Creek, AU	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Olsens Bridge (Morwell River P, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Nijkerk, NL	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Spakenburg, NL	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1993	Troickij Priisk, RU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	51 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

1793 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 1,542 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 10	1,129
10 to 20	92
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2