Weather Records on 22 September 2001

604 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 2001. Highest significance: Zaragoza, ES.

Key Facts for 22 September 2001

On 22 September 2001, 604 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 587 daily.
Zaragoza set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 22 September 2001.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

604 stations

604 station records on 22 September 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zaragoza	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rodrigues	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lugo/Rozas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asturias/Aviles	Spain	Record daily precipitation	129.1 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osnabruck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarindo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Salvador El Seco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaltenango (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Korf	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canelas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sutur	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elabuga	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Catmis	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

604 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 225, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 September 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	225
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 September 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 587.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 2001

Top 20 records on 22 September 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 2001	Zaragoza, ES	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Rodrigues, MU	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Eelde, NL	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Malaga Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Lugo/Rozas, ES	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	22.4 C (72.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Asturias/Aviles, ES	all-time rain	129.1 mm (5.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Cuero, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Osnabruck, DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Presa Valerio Trujano, MX	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Ferron, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Choshi, JP	monthly low max	17.4 C (63.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Lincoln AP, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Gagnoa, CI	daily low max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 2001	Coahuayutla, MX	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 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

1793 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 604 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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 50	442
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1