Weather Records on 18 September 2014

682 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 September 2014. Highest significance: Paradise, US.

Key Facts for 18 September 2014

On 18 September 2014, 682 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
453 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 666 daily.
Paradise set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 18 September 2014.
Across 163 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

682 stations

682 station records on 18 September 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 September 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schaesberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Round Rock 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port San Juan	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coronado Nmem	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonisvorst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ke-Ahole Pt 68.13	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar City 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Makedonia	Greece	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nezperce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deming Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

682 records

Records set or tied on 18 September 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 332, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 18 September 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	332
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 September 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 666.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

546 broken records

Margins by which the 546 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 September 2014

Top 20 records on 18 September 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 September 2014	Paradise, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 September 2014	San Simon, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2014	Chiricahua Nm, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2014	Caballo Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2014	Douglas, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Olton, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Ubachsberg, NL	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Tombstone, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Orogrande, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Austin-Camp Mabry, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Schaesberg, NL	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Pearce - Sunsites, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Muleshoe #1, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Round Rock 3 NE, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Ely AP, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Blaine, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Iola 1 W, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Pocahontas 1, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 2014	Poplar Bluff, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	43 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

1803 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2014. 2014 had 682 records.

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

Records on 09-18 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1811	1
1814	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	2
1847	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	4
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1869	1
1871	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1889	6
1890	1
1891	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	58
1904	6
1905	22
1906	16
1907	4
1908	11
1909	17
1910	5
1911	8
1912	43
1913	44
1914	56
1915	41
1916	58
1917	99
1918	57
1919	48
1920	56
1921	213
1922	45
1923	114
1924	62
1925	269
1926	205
1927	189
1928	114
1929	309
1930	124
1931	429
1932	226
1933	370
1934	188
1935	281
1936	155
1937	422
1938	373
1939	190
1940	402
1941	318
1942	1,001
1943	624
1944	503
1945	732
1946	576
1947	927
1948	427
1949	356
1950	370
1951	320
1952	340
1953	245
1954	446
1955	672
1956	587
1957	429
1958	491
1959	829
1960	351
1961	478
1962	360
1963	453
1964	282
1965	1,172
1966	498
1967	357
1968	763
1969	424
1970	377
1971	1,245
1972	691
1973	593
1974	559
1975	976
1976	615
1977	619
1978	1,162
1979	709
1980	652
1981	1,671
1982	603
1983	936
1984	951
1985	636
1986	730
1987	1,244
1988	997
1989	778
1990	904
1991	1,377
1992	821
1993	747
1994	852
1995	935
1996	1,237
1997	935
1998	1,038
1999	583
2000	1,146
2001	993
2002	828
2003	815
2004	1,027
2005	781
2006	1,309
2007	670
2008	697
2009	692
2010	1,040
2011	1,050
2012	922
2013	666
2014	682
2015	934
2016	893
2017	518
2018	1,200
2019	768
2020	682
2021	582
2022	613
2023	639
2024	687
2025	471
2026	864

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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	520
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1