Weather Records on 20 September 1995

1,374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1995. Highest significance: Schierke, DE.

Key Facts for 20 September 1995

On 20 September 1995, 1,374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
430 were record highs and 539 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,316 daily.
Schierke set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 20 September 1995.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,374 stations

1,374 station records on 20 September 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	249.2 mm (9.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elgersburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lamspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gernrode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kuna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mainhardt-Ziegelbronn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brotterode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Redbird	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salzgitter-Ringelheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whittier	United States	Record daily precipitation	277.4 mm (10.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Friedrichsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Xaltianguis (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Inselsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harper 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kullen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wornitz-Bottenweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,374 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 399, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 20 September 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	399
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 20 September 1995 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 54, daily 1,316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,092 broken records

Margins by which the 1,092 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1995

Top 20 records on 20 September 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1995	Schierke, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 September 1995	Seward AP, US	monthly rain	249.2 mm (9.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	78 years	77 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1995	Gabes, TN	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	128.1 mm (5.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1995	Brocken, DE	daily rain	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1995	Agate 3 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1995	Elgersburg, DE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Lenningen-Schopfloch, DE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Bird City 10S, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Lamspringe, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Oelrichs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Gernrode, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Wernigerode, DE	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Kuna, US	monthly low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Hill City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Schulenberg, DE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Nouakchott, MR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Mainhardt-Ziegelbronn, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Marienberg-Reitzenhain, DE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1995	Seesen, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 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

1812 to 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1995. 1995 had 1,374 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

Download the Data

Data for records on 1995-09-20: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	1,032
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1