Weather Records on 14 September 1997

786 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1997. Highest significance: Chumphon, TH.

Key Facts for 14 September 1997

On 14 September 1997, 786 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
363 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 765 daily.
Chumphon set a daily record precipitation of 81.0 mm (3.2 in) on 14 September 1997.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

786 stations

786 station records on 14 September 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Major Gercino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fushiki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Makkaur Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Canoas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sananduva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Socorro (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coyame (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leliefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cruillas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ituporanga (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gastonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Azueta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cayey 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rincon del Porvenir	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

786 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 220, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 258.

Records on 14 September 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	220
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1997

Top 20 records on 14 September 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1997	Chumphon, TH	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Bouse, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Silverton, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Walker, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Puente Jula, MX	daily rain	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Garcia, BR	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Sundance, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Thermopolis, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Clinton, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Major Gercino, BR	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Fushiki, JP	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Makkaur Fyr, NO	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Marathon, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Panhandle, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Betatakin, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Rio Bonito, BR	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Vila Canoas, BR	daily rain	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Kanazawa, JP	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Wickenburg, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1997	Wray, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	37 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

1814 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1997. 1997 had 786 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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Data for records on 1997-09-14: 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	547
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1