Weather Records on 25 September 2002

876 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 September 2002. Highest significance: Kosciusko, US.

Key Facts for 25 September 2002

On 25 September 2002, 876 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 412 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 121 monthly and 751 daily.
Kosciusko set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 25 September 2002.
Across 163 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

876 stations

876 station records on 25 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Cemal	Russia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
C.I.A.P.Y.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	342.4 mm (13.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sledge	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	335.8 mm (13.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mobile	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buras	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vancleave	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beregovo	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galliano	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Algiers	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gulfport Naval Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Oak 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Artemivsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arkona	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acapulco KM. 21	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landshut	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

876 records

Records set or tied on 25 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 234, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 25 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	234
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 25 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 121, daily 751.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

702 broken records

Margins by which the 702 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 September 2002

Top 20 records on 25 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 September 2002	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	108 years	79 of 100 (Major)
25 September 2002	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
25 September 2002	Cemal, RU	all-time rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	75 of 100 (Major)
25 September 2002	C.I.A.P.Y., MX	all-time rain	342.4 mm (13.5 in)	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	20 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 September 2002	Sledge, US	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 September 2002	Laurel, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS, US	daily rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl, US	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Meridian Key Fld, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	109 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	monthly low max	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Becanchen, MX	all-time rain	335.8 mm (13.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Mobile, US	daily rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Buras, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Vancleave, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Saucier Exp Forest, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Whiting Fld NAS, US	daily rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2002	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	89 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

1825 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2002. 2002 had 876 records.

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

Records on 09-25 in each year
Year	Records
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1857	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1884	3
1885	6
1886	1
1887	3
1889	7
1891	3
1893	7
1894	3
1895	5
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	10
1905	16
1906	7
1907	35
1908	20
1909	22
1910	5
1911	9
1912	63
1913	13
1914	15
1915	43
1916	139
1917	138
1918	16
1919	20
1920	75
1921	32
1922	47
1923	68
1924	157
1925	141
1926	740
1927	166
1928	480
1929	158
1930	489
1931	500
1932	260
1933	542
1934	394
1935	258
1936	274
1937	190
1938	335
1939	454
1940	517
1941	269
1942	970
1943	488
1944	246
1945	514
1946	292
1947	666
1948	501
1949	479
1950	1,163
1951	639
1952	515
1953	242
1954	292
1955	546
1956	503
1957	231
1958	454
1959	396
1960	694
1961	530
1962	305
1963	602
1964	403
1965	690
1966	334
1967	428
1968	300
1969	196
1970	783
1971	323
1972	706
1973	650
1974	995
1975	1,166
1976	541
1977	875
1978	462
1979	719
1980	687
1981	669
1982	759
1983	647
1984	1,305
1985	446
1986	1,766
1987	560
1988	571
1989	1,367
1990	875
1991	1,243
1992	1,346
1993	1,015
1994	666
1995	1,013
1996	648
1997	1,278
1998	1,346
1999	804
2000	1,536
2001	1,536
2002	876
2003	758
2004	519
2005	1,484
2006	767
2007	1,284
2008	766
2009	854
2010	1,125
2011	763
2012	505
2013	615
2014	800
2015	868
2016	781
2017	1,253
2018	648
2019	530
2020	1,089
2021	355
2022	301
2023	580
2024	1,120
2025	569
2026	473

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Data for records on 2002-09-25: 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 2026-10-16 (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 50	672
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1