Weather Records on 27 September 2012

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 2012. Highest significance: Youngs Siding, AU.

Key Facts for 27 September 2012

On 27 September 2012, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 596 daily.
Youngs Siding set a daily record precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 27 September 2012.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

624 stations

624 station records on 27 September 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pabellon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Aragon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sevilla/San Pablo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iitti Kausala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Gonzalez Ortega	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kouvola Anjala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aasiaat (Egedesminde)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Dimas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arizpe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Gonzaga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Batacosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juanico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Punta de Agua II	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loreto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Oregano	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sinahuisa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sevilla/San Pablo	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walters Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kunming	China	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alyeska	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 247.

Records on 27 September 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 2012

Top 20 records on 27 September 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 2012	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2012	Pabellon, MX	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Hooker, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Okemah, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Nornalup, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Jerez de la Frontera, ES	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Richfield, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Lipscomb, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	San Juan de Aragon, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Pitea, SE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	133 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Walpole, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Walpole Forestry, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Mulege, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Tenerife/Los Rodeos, ES	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Ft Davis, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Quiriego (Smn), MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Albany, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Astrakan, RU	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2012	Lulea-Bergnaset, SE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	60 years	42 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2012. 2012 had 624 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 2012-09-27: 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 2026-10-16 (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 10	443
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1