Weather Records on 13 September 1997

657 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1997. Highest significance: Fokstua, NO.

Key Facts for 13 September 1997

On 13 September 1997, 657 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 629 daily.
Fokstua set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 13 September 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

657 stations

657 station records on 13 September 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fokstua	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nordoyan Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alvundfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mjoen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Surnadal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halsafjord II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Andalsnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pot-the-Red	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angardsvatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Pinzanes (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sunndalsora III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Totolica San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Molino Blanco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kantunilkin	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	137.8 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vigra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

657 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 13 September 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 629.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1997

Top 20 records on 13 September 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1997	Fokstua, NO	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1997	Presa la Angostura, MX	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1997	Oksendal, NO	daily rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Woodburn, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Eide Pa Nordmore, NO	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Nordoyan Fyr, NO	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Alvundfjord, NO	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Mjoen, NO	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Surnadal, NO	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Halsafjord II, NO	all-time rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Salekhard, RU	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Ovre Sirdal, NO	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Verma, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	St George, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Yerevan, AM	daily low max	16.6 C (61.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Andalsnes, NO	all-time rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Aunet, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Pot-the-Red, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1997	Angardsvatnet, NO	monthly rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	39 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

1793 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 657 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	525
2013	966
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	946
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	489
2026	880

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Data for records on 1997-09-13: 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 2026-10-14 (14 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 20	412
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1