Weather Records on 27 September 2016

600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 2016. Highest significance: Enshi, CN.

Key Facts for 27 September 2016

On 27 September 2016, 600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
432 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 593 daily.
Enshi set a daily record precipitation of 133.1 mm (5.2 in) on 27 September 2016.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

600 stations

600 station records on 27 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aurland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haboro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zahedan	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poljarnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plassen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kerman	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rumoi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morioka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruholmen Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Gilead 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thule Op Site	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mito	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oshima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Otaru	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

600 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 246, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 118.

Records on 27 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	246
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 2016

Top 20 records on 27 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 2016	Enshi, CN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Oceanside Marina, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	San Marcos, US	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Albemarle, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Bjoernoeya, NO	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Pearisburg 4 SSE, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Chama, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	121 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Isfjord Radio, NO	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Valley Head, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Tumacacori Nm, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Chula Vista, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Riddle, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Vardoe, NO	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Aurland, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2016	Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	35 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

1799 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2016. 2016 had 600 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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Data for records on 2016-09-27: 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	472
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1