Weather Records on 26 September 1996

807 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1996. Highest significance: Gravette, US.

Key Facts for 26 September 1996

On 26 September 1996, 807 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 782 daily.
Gravette set a daily record precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 26 September 1996.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

807 stations

807 station records on 26 September 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Foraker	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barnsdall	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maramec	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon UNIV Mo - SW Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Gulf	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Francisco Trinidad Fabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hominy	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bentonville 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

807 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 26 September 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 26 September 1996 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 782.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 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

26 September 1996

Top 20 records on 26 September 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1996	Gravette, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1996	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1996	Houston, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1996	Muskogee, US	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1996	Pawhuska, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1996	Spavinaw, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1996	Pryor, US	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Tyndall, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Claremore 2 ENE, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Foraker, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Springfield, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Carthage, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Fayetteville Drake Fld, US	all-time rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Barnsdall, US	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Maramec, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Blackwell 1SSW, US	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	San Isidro, MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1996	Anderson, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1996. 1996 had 807 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

Download the Data

Data for records on 1996-09-26: 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	586
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1