Weather Records on 23 September 2002

930 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 2002. Highest significance: Jonuta, MX.

Key Facts for 23 September 2002

On 23 September 2002, 930 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 380 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 891 daily.
Jonuta set a daily record precipitation of 199.9 mm (7.9 in) on 23 September 2002.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

930 stations

930 station records on 23 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jonuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Espita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chicxulub Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	367.5 mm (14.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palizada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	236.5 mm (9.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Catmis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pustunich	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Loche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
X-Pichil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bragin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plantersville 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hecelchakan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pixoyal (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Santa Elena	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Aguada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trubcevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derna	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tihosuco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teteriv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mozyr	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hopelchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bochil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

930 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 196, Heaviest daily rainfall 194.

Records on 23 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	196
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 35, daily 891.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 2002

Top 20 records on 23 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 2002	Jonuta, MX	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Montrose, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Espita, MX	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Waverly, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Chicxulub Puerto, MX	daily rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Escarcega (Smn), MX	all-time rain	367.5 mm (14.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Palizada, MX	monthly rain	236.5 mm (9.3 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Silvituc, MX	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Ingenio Catmis, MX	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Sotuta (Dge), MX	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Pustunich, MX	all-time rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Susquehanna, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Loche, MX	daily rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	X-Pichil, MX	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Bragin, BY	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Shepetivka, UA	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Candor 2SE, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Hatteras, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2002	Motul, MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	43 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 930 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	667
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1