Weather Records on 21 September 2002

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 2002. Highest significance: Loche, MX.

Key Facts for 21 September 2002

On 21 September 2002, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
380 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 682 daily.
Loche set an all-time record daily precipitation of 265.7 mm (10.5 in) on 21 September 2002.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 21 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Loche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	265.7 mm (10.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Solferino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ourense	Spain	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hool	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza	Spain	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscliff (Marine Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chongqing	China	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Espita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hool	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nilchi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muncie Delaware Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 2002

Top 20 records on 21 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 2002	Loche, MX	all-time rain	265.7 mm (10.5 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2002	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Solferino, MX	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Ourense, ES	all-time rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Sevierville, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Hool, MX	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 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)
21 September 2002	Zaragoza, ES	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Motul, MX	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Williamsburg, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Princeton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Trujillo Alto 2 SSW, PR	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Martinsville 2 SW, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Kingscliff (Marine Parade), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Greenfield, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Newport 1 NW, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2002	Hatteras, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	42 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

1805 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2002. 2002 had 696 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	588
2026	469

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Data for records on 2002-09-21: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	468
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2