Weather Records on 30 September 2016

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 September 2016. Highest significance: Lobethal, AU.

Key Facts for 30 September 2016

On 30 September 2016, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 695 daily.
Lobethal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 105.2 mm (4.1 in) on 30 September 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

746 stations

746 station records on 30 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Booborowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dunorlan (Sharmans Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mauriceton (Jordan River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Narrung (Yalkuri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Karoonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Condowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tooms Lake (Tooms River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 30 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 440.

Records on 30 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	440
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 51, daily 695.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 September 2016

Top 20 records on 30 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 September 2016	Lobethal, AU	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 September 2016	Ormley, AU	monthly rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 September 2016	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Gulnare, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Hallett (Lorraine), AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Mintaro, AU	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Mount Pleasant, AU	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Lorinna, AU	daily rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Ellendale Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	109 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Point Pass, AU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Bothwell (Cluny), AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Chiricahua Nm, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Booborowie, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 September 2016	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	125 years	70 of 100 (Major)

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

1806 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2016. 2016 had 746 records.

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

Records on 09-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1813	1
1817	1
1819	2
1834	1
1841	1
1842	1
1847	1
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1868	2
1869	3
1870	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	5
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	8
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	4
1901	11
1902	7
1903	9
1904	14
1905	25
1906	14
1907	16
1908	18
1909	10
1910	5
1911	47
1912	47
1913	10
1914	33
1915	84
1916	209
1917	19
1918	45
1919	28
1920	71
1921	61
1922	71
1923	183
1924	243
1925	211
1926	194
1927	486
1928	560
1929	181
1930	110
1931	225
1932	363
1933	437
1934	398
1935	209
1936	432
1937	417
1938	428
1939	371
1940	316
1941	482
1942	405
1943	404
1944	369
1945	889
1946	320
1947	433
1948	267
1949	366
1950	731
1951	597
1952	504
1953	1,136
1954	1,059
1955	406
1956	350
1957	663
1958	442
1959	1,159
1960	161
1961	618
1962	202
1963	818
1964	332
1965	459
1966	592
1967	859
1968	449
1969	465
1970	334
1971	1,359
1972	676
1973	407
1974	742
1975	686
1976	775
1977	870
1978	399
1979	479
1980	832
1981	688
1982	806
1983	1,102
1984	1,267
1985	1,892
1986	1,805
1987	649
1988	453
1989	713
1990	665
1991	949
1992	980
1993	988
1994	816
1995	1,061
1996	1,396
1997	729
1998	1,206
1999	1,144
2000	887
2001	699
2002	677
2003	1,079
2004	573
2005	761
2006	617
2007	841
2008	585
2009	826
2010	1,059
2011	1,258
2012	637
2013	634
2014	529
2015	997
2016	746
2017	404
2018	717
2019	2,192
2020	554
2021	823
2022	563
2023	1,012
2024	948
2025	559
2026	529

Download the Data

Data for records on 2016-09-30: 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	105
20 to 30	54
30 to 40	22
40 to 50	10
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2