Weather Records on 25 September 1996

648 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 September 1996. Highest significance: Chitradurga, IN.

Key Facts for 25 September 1996

On 25 September 1996, 648 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 618 daily.
Chitradurga set a daily record precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 25 September 1996.
Across 163 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

648 stations

648 station records on 25 September 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 September 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cemal	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cienega de Escobar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dzizak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pickstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gigant	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izium	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ongudaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawica	Poland	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prade Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rapids Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

648 records

Records set or tied on 25 September 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 25 September 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 25 September 1996 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 26, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 September 1996

Top 20 records on 25 September 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 September 1996	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1996	Gustavus, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Taraz, KZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Cemal, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Ust-Koksa, RU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Gregory, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Sitka AP, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Schwerin, DE	daily low max	9.8 C (49.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Cienega de Escobar, MX	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Renovo, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Dzizak, UZ	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Cerro de Ortega, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Broadlands, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Fleming, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Waren, DE	daily low max	10.1 C (50.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Pickstown, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Meleiro, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1996	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low max	10.1 C (50.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	96 years	40 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

1825 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1996. 1996 had 648 records.

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

Records on 09-25 in each year
Year	Records
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1857	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1884	3
1885	6
1886	1
1887	3
1889	7
1891	3
1893	7
1894	3
1895	5
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	10
1905	16
1906	7
1907	35
1908	20
1909	22
1910	5
1911	9
1912	63
1913	13
1914	15
1915	43
1916	139
1917	138
1918	16
1919	20
1920	75
1921	32
1922	47
1923	68
1924	157
1925	141
1926	740
1927	166
1928	480
1929	158
1930	489
1931	500
1932	260
1933	542
1934	394
1935	258
1936	274
1937	190
1938	335
1939	454
1940	517
1941	269
1942	970
1943	488
1944	246
1945	514
1946	292
1947	666
1948	501
1949	479
1950	1,163
1951	639
1952	515
1953	242
1954	292
1955	546
1956	503
1957	231
1958	454
1959	396
1960	694
1961	530
1962	305
1963	602
1964	403
1965	690
1966	334
1967	428
1968	300
1969	196
1970	783
1971	323
1972	706
1973	650
1974	995
1975	1,166
1976	541
1977	875
1978	462
1979	719
1980	687
1981	669
1982	759
1983	647
1984	1,305
1985	446
1986	1,766
1987	560
1988	571
1989	1,367
1990	875
1991	1,243
1992	1,346
1993	1,015
1994	666
1995	1,013
1996	648
1997	1,278
1998	1,346
1999	804
2000	1,536
2001	1,536
2002	876
2003	758
2004	519
2005	1,484
2006	767
2007	1,284
2008	766
2009	854
2010	1,125
2011	763
2012	505
2013	615
2014	800
2015	868
2016	781
2017	1,253
2018	648
2019	530
2020	1,089
2021	355
2022	301
2023	580
2024	1,120
2025	569
2026	473

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Data for records on 1996-09-25: 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 20	451
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1