Weather Records on 19 September 2018

871 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 2018. Highest significance: Spencer 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 19 September 2018

On 19 September 2018, 871 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
755 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 859 daily.
Spencer 1 N set a daily record precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 19 September 2018.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

871 stations

871 station records on 19 September 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Truth Or Consequences Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Izevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sasabe	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Green Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Debessy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record low minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Constitucion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granada/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

871 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 382, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 373, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 77.

Records on 19 September 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	382
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	373
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 September 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 859.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 2018

Top 20 records on 19 September 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 2018	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 September 2018	Franklin, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Sioux City AP, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Hawarden, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Sioux Falls, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Brohovo, RU	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Truth Or Consequences Muni AP, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Williams, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Mountainair, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Oak City, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily high max	24.8 C (76.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Izevsk, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	135 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Sasabe, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Canon City, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 2018	Robinson, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 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

1805 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2018. 2018 had 871 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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 10	628
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2