Weather Records on 21 September 1996

1,233 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 1996. Highest significance: Strathmore, AU.

Key Facts for 21 September 1996

On 21 September 1996, 1,233 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 475 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,193 daily.
Strathmore set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 21 September 1996.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,233 stations

1,233 station records on 21 September 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	423.1 mm (16.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Old Walloon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hecate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dangar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Arriaga (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eton State Water Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pampas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunblaine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Pocket	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clintonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Sailor Jack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Brydone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jaltipan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Grijalva	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Top Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alvon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,233 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 312, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 471, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 21 September 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	312
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	471
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 September 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 1,193.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,042 broken records

Margins by which the 1,042 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 1996

Top 20 records on 21 September 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 1996	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	102 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1996	Sarina Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Auburn, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Dongfang, CN	all-time rain	423.1 mm (16.7 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	El Zapote, MX	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Old Walloon, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Toko, RU	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Magdeburg, DE	monthly low max	9.1 C (48.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Moss Vale Station, AU	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Hecate, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Mount Dangar, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Roma Peak, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Hereward, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Villa de Arriaga (Dge), MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	monthly low max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1996	Eton State Water Depot, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	44 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

1805 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1996. 1996 had 1,233 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	588
2026	469

Download the Data

Data for records on 1996-09-21: 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	873
10 to 20	105
20 to 30	33
30 to 40	24
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	3