Weather Records on 14 September 2018

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 2018. Highest significance: Ovre Ardal, NO.

Key Facts for 14 September 2018

On 14 September 2018, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
509 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 614 daily.
Ovre Ardal set an all-time record daily precipitation of 92.4 mm (3.6 in) on 14 September 2018.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

632 stations

632 station records on 14 September 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ovre Ardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Anzobskij Pereval	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern - ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	243.3 mm (9.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menara	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trubcevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troitsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta Bush Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frolovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 341, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 72.

Records on 14 September 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	341
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 2018

Top 20 records on 14 September 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 2018	Ovre Ardal, NO	all-time rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	79 of 100 (Major)
14 September 2018	Anzobskij Pereval, TJ	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 September 2018	Morehead City 2 WNW, US	daily rain	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Canakkale, TR	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	New Bern - ASOS, US	daily rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Dunn 4 NW, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Bayboro 3 SW, US	daily rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Kii-Kahuku 911, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Greenville, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Kinston Ag Rsch, US	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Kenai AP, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Kokpekty, KZ	daily low min	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Toccoa, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Tombstone, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Brunswick, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Waverly, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	124 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Farmville, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 2018	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	81 years	41 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

1814 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2018. 2018 had 632 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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Data for records on 2018-09-14: 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 25	406
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2