Weather Records on 27 September 2002

992 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 2002. Highest significance: Jackson Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 27 September 2002

On 27 September 2002, 992 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
362 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 919 daily.
Jackson Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 181.6 mm (7.1 in) on 27 September 2002.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

992 stations

992 station records on 27 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerman	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winona 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barren Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hodgenville Lincoln P	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rough Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Steubenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

992 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 435, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	435
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 58, daily 919.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

812 broken records

Margins by which the 812 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 2002

Top 20 records on 27 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 2002	Jackson Exp STN, US	monthly rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	66 years	79 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Russellville, US	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Batesville, US	monthly rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Salem, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Franklin, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Moscow, US	monthly rain	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Vevay, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	117 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Union City, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	85 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Savannah 6 SW, US	all-time rain	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Lexington, US	all-time rain	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Fulton 3 W, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Ripley, US	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Pontotoc, US	monthly rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2002	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2002	Scottsburg, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	58 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

1799 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2002. 2002 had 992 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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Data for records on 2002-09-27: 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	650
20 to 40	103
40 to 60	32
60 to 80	16
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	1