Weather Records on 14 September 2002

899 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 2002. Highest significance: Beatrice Hill, AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 2002

On 14 September 2002, 899 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
579 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 871 daily.
Beatrice Hill set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 14 September 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

899 stations

899 station records on 14 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lazaro Cardenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mesillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tultenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Embry	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Excame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lazdijai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Damian Carmona	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peuelitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eleven Mile Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Bayacora	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda la Y	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalcazar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juchipila (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tegjultja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

899 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 319, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 14 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	319
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 871.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 2002

Top 20 records on 14 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 2002	Beatrice Hill, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	117 years	77 of 100 (Major)
14 September 2002	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 September 2002	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Lazaro Cardenas, MX	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Hostotipaquillo, MX	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Mesillas, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Tultenango, MX	all-time rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Cairo 1SW, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Embry, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Chilapa (Dge), MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Warrenton, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Makaweli 965, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Hatteras, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge), MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Wymore, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Dolores Hidalgo (Smn), MX	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Excame, MX	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Tilden 4 SSE, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2002	Koolpinyah, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	40 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2002. 2002 had 899 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2002-09-14: 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	619
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1