Weather Records on 16 September 2001

819 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 2001. Highest significance: Trinidad, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 2001

On 16 September 2001, 819 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 333 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 804 daily.
Trinidad set a daily record precipitation of 47.5 mm (1.9 in) on 16 September 2001.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

819 stations

819 station records on 16 September 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Korf	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palatka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ungsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krokshult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canelas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

819 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 213, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 16 September 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	213
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 804.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

595 broken records

Margins by which the 595 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 2001

Top 20 records on 16 September 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 2001	Trinidad, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2001	Holdrege, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Korf, RU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Beaver City, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Dalhart FAA AP, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Pitea, SE	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	118 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Clifton, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Arcadia, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Americus, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Frankfort, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Palatka, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Lexington, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Heppner, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Circleville 7 SW, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2001	Emmett, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	38 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 819 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	558
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1