Weather Records on 15 September 1994

1,363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 1994. Highest significance: Pettibone, US.

Key Facts for 15 September 1994

On 15 September 1994, 1,363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
634 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 1,296 daily.
Pettibone set a monthly record daily precipitation of 109.2 mm (4.3 in) on 15 September 1994.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 407 records.

Record Map

1,363 stations

1,363 station records on 15 September 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pettibone	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bismarck	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Svalov	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungbyhed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beekbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Klippan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Horken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby_S	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durango (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mariedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Louisefred	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vimmerby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rairden 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Totutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herbayum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loenen Aan de Vecht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woltersum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Landskrona_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stehag	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prastkulla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gillastig	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Varne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,363 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 401, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 571, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 September 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	401
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	571
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 September 1994 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 59, daily 1,296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,117 broken records

Margins by which the 1,117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 1994

Top 20 records on 15 September 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 1994	Pettibone, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 September 1994	Varberg, SE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 September 1994	Hayward Rs, US	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 September 1994	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 September 1994	Nidingen A, SE	monthly rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Chiang Mai, TH	all-time rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Pretty Rock, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Bismarck, US	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Worland, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Willow Rsvr, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Svalov, SE	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Everglades, US	all-time high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Winton Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Burgess Junction, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Ljungbyhed, SE	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Beekbergen, NL	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1994	Klippan, SE	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 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

1797 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1994. 1994 had 1,363 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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 20	1,041
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1