Weather Records on 13 September 2020

591 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 2020. Highest significance: Dunkeld, AU.

Key Facts for 13 September 2020

On 13 September 2020, 591 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
402 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 567 daily.
Dunkeld set a daily record precipitation of 30.4 mm (1.2 in) on 13 September 2020.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

591 stations

591 station records on 13 September 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bannockburn (Hillside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crab Orchard 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley (Balliwindi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana Sussex Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tulun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raznavolok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulety	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
American River (Redbanks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zonguldak	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ames Plantation	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

591 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 13 September 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

460 broken records

Margins by which the 460 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 2020

Top 20 records on 13 September 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 2020	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 September 2020	Anucino, RU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 September 2020	Greensburg, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 September 2020	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 September 2020	Bannockburn (Hillside), AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Derrinallum (Craigmore), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Hastings, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Coleraine (Melville Forest), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Hialeah, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Moutajup, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Partizansk, RU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Rochester Ferry, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Kirovskij, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Derrinallum (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Crab Orchard 6 N, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Hohenwald, US	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Cressy, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 2020	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	119 years	44 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

1793 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 591 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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Data for records on 2020-09-13: 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 20	435
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1