Weather Records on 12 September 2002

883 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 2002. Highest significance: Uman, UA.

Key Facts for 12 September 2002

On 12 September 2002, 883 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
519 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 855 daily.
Uman set a daily record precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 12 September 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

883 stations

883 station records on 12 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Volnovakha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	157.3 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chichihualco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Totolica San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barishevka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peon Blanco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Valle	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bacadehuachi	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stewart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ambodedjo	Mali	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinlochewe	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cinco Seores	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hueyotlipan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kristinehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mapastepec	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Novomirgorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arjeplog A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Price Blm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

883 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 358, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 157.

Records on 12 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	358
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 2002

Top 20 records on 12 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 2002	Uman, UA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2002	Yoder 5 W, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Phillips, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	El Carmen, MX	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Volnovakha, UA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Agate 3 E, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	157.3 mm (6.2 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Chilapa (Dge), MX	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Paysandu, UY	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Chichihualco, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	El Salto (Cfe), MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Totolica San Bartolo, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Archbold Bio STN, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Woodstock, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Barishevka, UA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2002	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 883 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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Data for records on 2002-09-12: 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	628
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1