Weather Records on 24 September 2020

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 2020. Highest significance: St Joseph 3 N, US.

Key Facts for 24 September 2020

On 24 September 2020, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
484 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 745 daily.
St Joseph 3 N set a daily record precipitation of 116.6 mm (4.6 in) on 24 September 2020.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 24 September 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Keaau 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meadville	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vidalia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nehalem 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baring	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiksi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Troutdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarifa	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Baker Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzalinda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union Church	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 270, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 September 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	270
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 September 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 745.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

616 broken records

Margins by which the 616 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 2020

Top 20 records on 24 September 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 2020	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 September 2020	Meadows, AU	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 September 2020	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	106 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 September 2020	Alexandria, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 September 2020	Keaau 92, US	daily rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 September 2020	Marksville, US	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 September 2020	Meadville, US	daily rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Ivanhoe Station, AU	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Belzoni, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Stoneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Oak Grove, US	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Shillong, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Jalpaiguri, IN	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Natchez, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Quemado, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	129 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Vidalia #2, US	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	W Monroe, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 2020	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	37.3 C (99.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	131 years	45 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

1803 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2020. 2020 had 754 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

Download the Data

Data for records on 2020-09-24: 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	579
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1