Weather Records on 26 September 2012

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 2012. Highest significance: Centralia, US.

Key Facts for 26 September 2012

On 26 September 2012, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 526 daily.
Centralia set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 26 September 2012.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 26 September 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Vernal	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kasa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Gavia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goovigen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Divisaderos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 6SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ornskoldsvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Senecaville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Refilion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bramon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fagersta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gonyelinka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mocorito (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Sur	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juiz de Fora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highland	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laboulaye Aero	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacualera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
On	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vittinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Rocher 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 26 September 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 526.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 2012

Top 20 records on 26 September 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 2012	Centralia, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 September 2012	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2012	Vernal, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2012	Santo Domingo, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Hugoton, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Carlyle Rsvr, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Sitiawan, MY	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Kasa, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Lebo, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	La Gavia, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily low min	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Manston, GB	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Goovigen Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Los Divisaderos, MX	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Clay City 6SSE, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Ornskoldsvik, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2012	Springfield 2W, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	41 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

1812 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2012. 2012 had 538 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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Data for records on 2012-09-26: 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 10	355
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1