Weather Records on 7 September 2016

868 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 2016. Highest significance: Hallett, AU.

Key Facts for 7 September 2016

On 7 September 2016, 868 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
615 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 82 monthly and 784 daily.
Hallett set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 7 September 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

868 stations

868 station records on 7 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Horicon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Constitucion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coronado Nmem	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portal 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

868 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 461, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 7 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	461
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 82, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 2016

Top 20 records on 7 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 2016	Hallett, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	122 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2016	Caledonia, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	121 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2016	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2016	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	86 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2016	Genoa Dam 8, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2016	Mason City, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2016	Arivaca, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2016	Baraboo Wwtp, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2016	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Olton, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Horicon Wwtp, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Cagliari, IT	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Mauston 1 SE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, US	monthly rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Ciudad Constitucion, MX	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	San Simon, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Osceola, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	118 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Sparta, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2016	Melnichnoe, RU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	48 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

1802 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 868 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

Download the Data

Data for records on 2016-09-07: 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	559
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	10
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1