Weather Records on 15 September 2002

1,212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 2002. Highest significance: Erie Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 15 September 2002

On 15 September 2002, 1,212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
722 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,178 daily.
Erie Intl AP set a daily record precipitation of 97.5 mm (3.8 in) on 15 September 2002.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 408 records.

Record Map

1,212 stations

1,212 station records on 15 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Colquitt 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coden	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Coyote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Arboledas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caada Honda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Gully Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gotnja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Esperanza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,212 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 275, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 447, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 345.

Records on 15 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	275
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	447
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 31, daily 1,178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

924 broken records

Margins by which the 924 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 2002

Top 20 records on 15 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 2002	Erie Intl AP, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2002	Colquitt 2 W, US	all-time rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 September 2002	Kursk, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Dawson, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Coden, US	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Toccoa, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Long Creek, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	El Campo, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Manjimup, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Kharkiv, UA	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Presa Coyote, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Bangalup, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Melrose 1 NE, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	132 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Kingsville Naas, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Cordele, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Plains SW Ga Exp STN, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Rochester, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 2002	Greer, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	47 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

1797 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2002. 2002 had 1,212 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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 20	850
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1