Weather Records on 26 September 2015

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 2015. Highest significance: Paauilo 221, US.

Key Facts for 26 September 2015

On 26 September 2015, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
694 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 803 daily.
Paauilo 221 set a daily record precipitation of 129.5 mm (5.1 in) on 26 September 2015.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

815 stations

815 station records on 26 September 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ajo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dno	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jaransk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rjazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sharcovschina	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paveletz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inza	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reno AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penza	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ndjamena	Chad	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Samara	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 343, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 351, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 September 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	343
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	351
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 September 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 2015

Top 20 records on 26 September 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 2015	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2015	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2015	Ajo, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Hanford 1 S, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Austin #2, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	126 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Lead, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Shenkursk, RU	daily high max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Plevna, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Leo 6 SW, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Dno, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	McGill, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Deseret, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Tot-Ma, RU	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Ohotsk, RU	daily low min	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Grace, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Hamilton, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	College Obsy, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2015	Zamboanga, PH	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	39 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2015. 2015 had 815 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 2015-09-26: 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 20	627
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1