Weather Records on 28 September 2009

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 2009. Highest significance: Levendale, AU.

Key Facts for 28 September 2009

On 28 September 2009, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
501 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 773 daily.
Levendale set a daily record precipitation of 33.6 mm (1.3 in) on 28 September 2009.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 28 September 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cabbage Tree Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Club Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longley (Telopea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boyne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Calera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Savage River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Tule	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yahualica de Gonzalez Gallo (	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tafjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Banos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Callejones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buln Buln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snug Plains (Cataract Falls)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blythe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arcelia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexticacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 September 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 September 2009 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

562 broken records

Margins by which the 562 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 2009

Top 20 records on 28 September 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 2009	Levendale, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2009	Montrose, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2009	Alicante, ES	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2009	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	113 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Lake Margaret Power Station, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Valencia, ES	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	E Jordan, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Cabbage Tree Creek, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Sulak, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Lemon Cove, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Runge, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Renison Bell, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Kljuchi, RU	monthly rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Lindsay, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Alta, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2009	Palmdale AP, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	71 years	40 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

1794 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2009. 2009 had 792 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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	540
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2