Weather Records on 16 September 2016

767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 2016. Highest significance: Lyons, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 2016

On 16 September 2016, 767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 749 daily.
Lyons set an all-time record daily precipitation of 161.5 mm (6.4 in) on 16 September 2016.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

767 stations

767 station records on 16 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Longreach Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waldsassen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Howells	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leting	China	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canaday Steam Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hornet Bank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Cimone	Italy	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clutier	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swea City 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

767 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 379.

Records on 16 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	379
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

676 broken records

Margins by which the 676 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 2016

Top 20 records on 16 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 2016	Lyons, US	all-time rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	116 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 September 2016	Eversfield, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	96 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Sheldon, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	110 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	95 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Baratria, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Canton, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Longreach Aero, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	110 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2016	Waldsassen, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2016	Spirit Lake, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2016	Woleebee Nevasa, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2016	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2016	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2016	Giligulgul, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2016	Perry, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2016	Howells, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2016	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 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

1793 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 767 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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Data for records on 2016-09-16: 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 10	521
10 to 20	84
20 to 30	38
30 to 40	21
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1