Weather Records on 10 September 1997

829 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1997. Highest significance: Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 10 September 1997

On 10 September 1997, 829 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 796 daily.
Klerkskraal (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 10 September 1997.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

829 stations

829 station records on 10 September 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pskov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tacotan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rooijantjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goedehoop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albright	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

829 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 294.

Records on 10 September 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 September 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 796.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1997

Top 20 records on 10 September 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1997	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1997	Van Wert 1 S, US	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1997	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1997	Tshakhuma, ZA	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Pskov, RU	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Tacotan, MX	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Kolka, LV	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Rooijantjiesfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Doornkuil, ZA	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Rankins Pass, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi, PE	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Leslie (Mun), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Tecolutla, MX	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Goedehoop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Ainazi, EE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Johvi, EE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1997	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	102 years	42 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1997. 1997 had 829 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 10 September 1997
Margin	Records
0 to 10	518
10 to 20	65
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1