Weather Records on 12 September 1994

550 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1994. Highest significance: Znamianka, UA.

Key Facts for 12 September 1994

On 12 September 1994, 550 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 539 daily.
Znamianka set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.1 mm (4.0 in) on 12 September 1994.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

550 stations

550 station records on 12 September 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Znamianka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nienburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bombana (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Sabaneta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Caimanera (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elat	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	43.6 C (110.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Julia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ejido de Llano Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wudu	China	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Webster	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deqen	China	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tel Aviv Reading	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Planes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lampang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madeline Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kermanshah	Iran	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem Central	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

550 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 September 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1994

Top 20 records on 12 September 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1994	Znamianka, UA	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1994	Nienburg, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Lugano, CH	monthly rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Bombana (Cfe), MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Virginia City, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Uil, KZ	daily low min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Long Prairie, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Menno, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Aktobe, KZ	daily low min	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Twin Lakes, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Creighton, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Dulce, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Yerevan, AM	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	85 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Rahden-Varl, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Ben Gurion, IL	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Ada, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Aurora, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1994	Colgate, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	35 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 550 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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	387
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1