Weather Records on 17 September 2016

707 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 2016. Highest significance: Regensburg, DE.

Key Facts for 17 September 2016

On 17 September 2016, 707 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 683 daily.
Regensburg set a daily record precipitation of 41.8 mm (1.6 in) on 17 September 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

707 stations

707 station records on 17 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Straubing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Libus	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Freiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tomoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kosching	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neftchala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simbach/Inn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kapan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schleiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinroda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grainet-Rehberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freedom	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

707 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 302.

Records on 17 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	302
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 683.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

562 broken records

Margins by which the 562 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 2016

Top 20 records on 17 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 2016	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 September 2016	Metten, DE	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 September 2016	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Stradbroke Station, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Evora Station, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Gillespie, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Bunker 4N, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Red Bud 2 S, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Dongtai, CN	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2016	Straubing, DE	monthly rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2016	Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg, DE	monthly rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2016	Manston, GB	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2016	Ozark Beach 2 NNE, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2016	Praha-Libus, CZ	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2016	Fichtelberg, DE	monthly rain	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2016	Amberg-Unterammersricht, DE	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2016	Snyder, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	49 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

1796 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2016. 2016 had 707 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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	507
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2