Weather Records on 21 September 2013

769 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 2013. Highest significance: Minden, US.

Key Facts for 21 September 2013

On 21 September 2013, 769 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 749 daily.
Minden set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 21 September 2013.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

769 stations

769 station records on 21 September 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eunice	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Powers	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rjazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tula	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spicewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Town Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mooringsport 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lookingglass	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murjek	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
N Tonawanda	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

769 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 478, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 September 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	478
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 September 2013 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

695 broken records

Margins by which the 695 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 2013

Top 20 records on 21 September 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 2013	Minden, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	100 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Arcadia, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Alderson, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Oberlin Fire Twr, US	daily rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Houston N Houston, US	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	112 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	W Pt, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Atlanta, US	monthly rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 September 2013	Eunice, US	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	Portland, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	W Memphis, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	Fairfield, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	Fordyce, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 2013	Clinton 5 SE, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 years	54 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

1805 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2013. 2013 had 769 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	588
2026	469

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-09-21: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	561
25 to 50	93
50 to 75	28
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1