Weather Records on 26 September 2020

1,170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 2020. Highest significance: Angermunde, DE.

Key Facts for 26 September 2020

On 26 September 2020, 1,170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
558 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,151 daily.
Angermunde set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 26 September 2020.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 409 records.

Record Map

1,170 stations

1,170 station records on 26 September 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Idre_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Vannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tulun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zehdenick	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moose	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Terneuzen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Michelstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Torrbole_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oost Maarland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mosnov	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Stammheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hersdorf-Weissenseifen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ullanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Robacksdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wunstorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strachowice	Poland	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baring	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin River Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,170 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 299, Lowest daily maximum 188, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 386, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 September 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	299
Lowest daily maximum	188
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 September 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 1,151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,005 broken records

Margins by which the 1,005 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 2020

Top 20 records on 26 September 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 2020	Angermunde, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2020	Idre_D, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2020	Vannas, SE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2020	Tulun, RU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	115 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Zehdenick, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Rhein Main, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Moose, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Terneuzen, NL	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Parnu, EE	daily high max	23.7 C (74.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Lovanger, SE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Michelstadt, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Torrbole_D, SE	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Oost Maarland, NL	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Mosnov, CZ	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Koln-Stammheim, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2020	Waldems-Reinborn, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	47 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

1812 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2020. 2020 had 1,170 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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Data for records on 2020-09-26: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 September 2020
Margin	Records
0 to 10	901
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4